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Did not show details of how you did the dough and the wrapping of the filling

Reflection: Told the class umpteen times not to use generic words like "nice" "delicious." No emphasis on taste, texture and appearance

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Peanut butter and gula Melaka as modifications of fillings

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Comment/ Submit a post on some of the modification you observe from the samples below:

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Comment/ Submit a post on some of the modification you observe from the samples below:

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Please use the following resources to assist in your exploration

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Please use the following resources to assist in your exploration

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Identify and apply two modification you had made to the original recipe.

Take a picture of your modification (change of ingredients/methods etc) as evidence

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Submit 3 videos (1 video 1 post)

Using header such as:

[Your Name]_ Video 1: Preparation and Assembly

[Your Name]_ Video 2: Cooking

[Your Name]: Video 3: Presentation and Reflective sharing from __ (identify who evaluated your dish)

For students who are unable to upload your videos directly into padlet, please create a folder (with your name) in the google drive and SHARE WITH ME YOUR LINKS TO ACCESS YOUR uploaded videos.

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Submit two key points

One strength and One weakness during your completion of the Care Package task.

Using heading such as Preparation, Assembly or cooking processes when evaluating your Care Package.

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Tang Yuan is a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup usually served during the Winter Solstice Festival to mark the arrival of winter.
Winter Solstice Festival, also called Tang Chek in Hokkien/Fujianese or Dong Zhi (冬至) in Mandarin, is a Chinese celebration that usually happens between the 21st and 23rd December. Tang Chek means the "arrival of winter". Traditionally, farmers would lay down their tools and celebrate the harvest by going home to their families. A feast is prepared to mark the occasion. On this day everyone becomes one year older. It is also the day when the sun has reached the Tropic of Capricorn. Therefore, it is the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere.

The significance of Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

There is always some special food associated with Chinese festivals. For this one, families get together to make and eat Kuih Ee/Ee Th'ng or Tang Yuan (湯圓), a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup. The roundness of the Kuih Ee signifies togetherness. In Malaysia, premixed colored dough is sold at the wet markets. The favorite colors are red, green, and yellow. Most people will buy the dough and form the balls at home, an activity much enjoyed by the kids. The sweet soup is made of a simple syrup flavored with pandan leaves and ginger.

A Celebration of Togetherness

I have to admit that while I enjoyed rolling and forming the balls as a kid, this is not exactly a favorite dessert of mine. The glutinous rice balls are way too doughy for my liking. However, when I moved here, I realized that the tang yuan sold at the Asian grocery stores usually came with a filling of black sesame seed, lotus seed, or red bean paste. Now, that made a huge difference as I do like all three types of filling. Since I had some red bean paste left over from making mooncakes, I went ahead and used that for the filling. I am glad I did.

Ro-Taro (eldest son) returned home from campus two days ago for the holidays and it was a time of celebration and togetherness for us. What better time to make these than yesterday so that we could enjoy them together. The soft and chewy glutinous rice balls with the red bean paste filling were delicious in the sweet and fragrant syrup. I would definitely make these again!

Time for Another Round of Nona-Nona

This month's theme for Nona-Nona is DECEMBER, selected by my blogging buddy Denise. It can be any foods related to the month of December, be it Yuletide or any other seasonal or year-end specialties. For the month of October we both made the same dish. You can check out our past challenges here. She decided that we should have a broad theme this time so that we can better surprise each other and not have that happen again. I immediately thought of Tang Chek and Ee Th'ng instead of goodies for Christmas. Hopefully Denise will keep with the Christmas theme. Let's hop over to Singapore Shiok! to see what she has cooked up in her kitchen.

Related Products Used in Making This Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy here.

Erawan Glutinous Rice Flour, 16 oz
Pyrex Prepware 1-Cup Measuring Cup
Cuisipro Stainless Steel Measuring Cup and Spoon Set

Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls) with Red Bean Paste Filling

A little early but here is wishing you a
HAPPY TANG CHEK / DONG ZHI / WINTER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL!

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Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls) with Red Bean Paste Filling

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Tang Yuan is a dessert made of glutinous rice balls in a sweet clear soup usually served during the Winter Solstice Festival to mark the arrival of winter. Winter Solstice Festival, also called Tang Chek in Hokkien/Fujianese or Dong Zhi (冬至) in Mandarin, is a Chinese celebration that usually happens between the 21st and 23rd December.

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Tang-yuan stuffed with red bean paste 红豆汤圆 [English/Chinese SUB]

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Sugar should be added first before you add in the tang yuan. If you place the tang yuan first, they may become too soft and gluey as you have to wait for the sugar to dissolve.

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Meixi video 3 presentation and reflective sharing from mother

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Meixi video 3 presentation and reflective sharing from mother

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Strength: I managed to get all the tang yuan fully cooked and none of the tang yuans bursted

Weakness: some of my tang yuans were different sizes as I did not measure the filling equally

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1. i used strawberry juice in the dough

2. i used nutella as the filling

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Chocolate and biscuits

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I used peanut butter and used water

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Strength -I managed to cook the tangyuan without the filling coming out.

Weakness -My tangyuan was not in a perfect ball shape

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I put blue food colouring and peanut butter as filling

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Did not show how you prepare the tang yuan balls. the wrapping of the peanut fillings was not shown either

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Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (2)

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Siong Hong Video 3 Reflective sharing from friend

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Siong Hong Video 3 Reflective sharing from friend

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Strength: the filling was cooked successfully with the whole tangyuan

Weakness: Tangyuan mixture was a bit wet, so it did not take a circular shape easily

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Should harden the nutella with some flour and chill it so it is easier for you to wrap

Strawberry colouring cannot be seen. Use too little.

Very little details given for you sensory evaluation. Appearance and taste not mentioned.

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For the filling, I used raw peanut under the airfryer and roasted it at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. I used an additional ingredient of ginger as ginger can enhance the flavour of the Tangyuan. Futhermore, I also used brown sugar to make the Tangyuan sweeter.

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Why did you spend so much time doing the dough?

Did you watch the video uploaded in the instructions panel?

You don't have to use a rolling pin to roll the dough.

The wrapping of the dough with the peanut filling was not shown.

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Strength:

The tangyuan for me is easy to prepare at home, the tangyuan-making is an interactive process, allowing me to roll and shape the dough together.

Weakness: However, achieving the right dough consistency for me can be tricky. Too much water makes the dough sticky and hard to handle, while too little water makes it dry and crumbly. I think that proper kneading and water balance are crucial when making the tangyuan.

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Kai Le Video 3- Presentation and Reflective sharing from my dad. 

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Kai Le Video 3- Presentation and Reflective sharing from my dad. 

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Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (1)

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sheryl task 2 presentation and evaluation

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sheryl task 2 presentation and evaluation

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evaluation from my parents

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Untitled video - Made with Clipchamp (2)

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strength: I made the tang yuan in a nice round shape

weakness: I couldn't perfectly make the tang yuan with more filling and 3 of them broke

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i made the food colouring by scratch.

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i made the food colouring by scratch

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I added more glutinous rice flour

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Maxine Video 1: Preparation and Assembly

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Maxine Video 1: Preparation and Assembly

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Great effort in making modifications. You are only required to have 2 but you did three modifications.

Should use some flour to harden the sesame paste to form a more solidified balls so that it is easier for you to wrap with the dough.

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How about the appearance. Tasting nice is too generic a word to describe the tang yuan.

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Maxine Video 3: Presentation and Reflective sharing from my sister

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Maxine Video 3: Presentation and Reflective sharing from my sister

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One strength is that I managed to make 2 food colourings by scratch.

One weakness is that I did not manage to do the shaping of my tangyuan perfectly,

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I used chocolate chips for the filling

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Able to roll the tang yuan into relatively consistent size. Good job for this section.

Evaluation was quite well done. Your mom managed to cover all the three different aspects,

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Strength: I managed to make the tang yuan a nice ball shaped

Weakness: I only did 1 modification

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i used peanut butter as the filling and red food dye

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peanut butter and chocolate rice (filling)

strawberry food colouring

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I used ginger and brown sugar as modification of the soup

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Video 1: preparation, assemble and cooking

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Video 1: preparation, assemble and cooking

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strength: the soup is well balanced and the texture of the tang yuan is just nice it is chewy and soft

weakness: should add fillings inside the tang yuan so there is more flavour and taste