Humongous Tang Yuen (try eating it without chewing xD)
It's colourful,don't you agree? (I like colourful things). These are homemade tang yuens. I know the last one *ehem* seems pretty big compares to the normal sized tang yuan. Round,small and adorable.. As I've said, these are homemade tang yuans, so let's make it more outstanding. =) Remember to put lots of love into it, when you are making it.
There is a legend about tang yuan.There was a maid of honor who was called Yuanxiao. She missed her parents a lot but she could not leave the palace, therefore, she wept all the time and even wanted to turn to suicide. A minister knew her story and promised to help her. What Yuanxiao needed to do was to make lots of Tangyuans, which was the best cuisine she could make, in order to worship the god on 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. Finally, Yuanxiao did a great job and the emperor was so contented; therefore, Yuanxiao was permitted to meet her parents, Tangyuan was named as Yuanxiao and the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar was considered to be Yuanxiao Festival.
Anyway, where can you find it? The answer is simple. Food courts in Malaysia usually have dessert hawker stalls. Tang yuan is a popular dessert you see. So, it's easy to find it. By the way, tang yuans could have different types of fillings in it. For example: chocolate,peanuts and red bean =) The one I made had nothing in it. Thus, we called it kosong.
Eunice Yan
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