呵呵,上面的说是“中国传统食物”,可惜少了“汤圆tangyuan”和“粽子zongzi”汤圆TangyuanTangyuanisthetraditionalfoodfortheLanternFestivalorYuanxiaoFestival。
Thesmalldumplingballsareusuallymadeofglutinousriceflour。 Wecalltheseballsyuanxiaoortangyuan。
Obviously,theygetthenamefromthefestivalitself。Madeofstickyriceflourfilledwithsweetstuffingandroundinshape,itsymbolizesfamilyunity,completenessandhappiness。
Thefillingsinsidethedumplingsoryuanxiaoareeithersweetorsalty。Sweetfillingsaremadeofsugar,Walnuts,sesame,osmanthusflowers,rosepetals,sweetenedtangerinepeel,beanpaste,orjujubepaste。
Asingleingredientoranycombinationcanbeusedasthefilling。Thesaltyvarietyisfilledwithmincedmeat,vegetablesoramixture。
ThewaytomakeyuanxiaoalsovariedbetweennorthernandsouthernChina。 Theusualmethodfollowedinsouthernprovincesistoshapethedoughofriceflourintoballs,makeahole,insertthefilling,thenclosetheholeandsmoothoutthedumplingbyrollingitbetweenyourhands。
InNorthChina,sweetornon-meatstuffingistheusualingredient。Thefillingsarepressedintohardenedcores,dippedlightlyinwaterandrolledinaflatbasketcontainingdryglutinousriceflour。
Alayeroftheflourstickstothefilling,whichisthenagaindippedinwaterandrolledasecondtimeinthericeflour。
Andsoitgoes,likerollingasnowball,untilthedumplingisthedesiredsize。 粽子ZongziZongziisthefestivefoodtraditionallyservedduringDragonBoatFestivalcelebrations。
DuringtheDuanwuFestival,aglutinousricepuddingcalledzongziiseatentosymbolizethericeofferingstoQu。
Ingredientssuchasbeans,lotusseeds(莲子),chestnuts(栗子),porkfatandthegoldenyolkofasaltedduckeggareoftenaddedtotheglutinousrice。
Thepuddingisthenwrappedwithbambooleaves,boundwithakindofraffiaandboiledinsaltwaterforhours。 。