Purple Sweet Potato Tang Yuan... 圓 圓 滿 滿

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delicious trinity

Before coming to a halt of fifteen days Chinese New Year feasting, a bowl of tang yuan wrap up the celebration and the last shower of food blessings 圓 圓 滿 滿 . Instead of the usual white and red glutinous balls, my colour selection  this year is purple.  

A mixture of 100g steamed purple sweet potato and 90g glutinous rice + 10g tapioca flour gives you a soft dough ready to be rolled into tiny balls. 

The balls can be wrapped with grinded peanuts/ sesame seeds or red bean paste. 

hand-made

Once they are all rolled up, cooked them in soft boiling water. When some balls floated to surface , pour in some tap water and continue the boiling till all the balls are at the surface. This additional task gives the dough a spongy texture. Some may prefer to scoop and place them in cold water.

violet represents the harmony of the universe

My choice of a sweet soup for the purple balls is yam and gingko nuts. The three different textures offer great sensation to the palate. Mix 1 tbsp sugar with the gingko nuts for half hour. Boil them with the yam till soft (about half hour) . Add in the 2 pieces honey rock sugar. Adjust sweetness with sugar.

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Ingredients List:

100g purple sweet potato
90g glutinous rice flour
10g tapioca flour

1 medium yam
1 packet gingko nut
1/2 tbsp sugar
2 pcss honey rock sugar 
sugar to taste.

Workshop @ Palate Sensations Singapore - 65-6589 8843

foodquote:  口蜜腹劍: "Honey on one's lip, murder in one's heart" -- A Judas kiss.
Cook as to how you like to eat it, join me if we share the same taste.  PaulaCookingFingers

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2016 CNY Chefs Dinner @Palate Sensations

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食九大簋

off-duty chefs

When chefs gather, a sumptuous meal is the most effective communication among them . Tired bodies and souls upon them, this evening of joy rejuvenated them to another year of teaching students to serve good foods on family dining tables.

The foods prepared by Chef Shih is superb awesome and thanks to Lynette's generosity in getting top grade ingredients for the dinner. Most dear-ly dish was the grey pomfret fish for $100, well during CNY the vendors trample and violate the shoppers' money purses. Take it or leave it! Every single dish was award winning, nutured the soul and sated rumbling tummies. At end of dinner, all headed home with a big smile and a happy belly.

food quote:   人怕出名猪怕壯: “Great honors are great burdens; Fat pigs get slaughtered first.” Detraction hunts down the rich and famous.
Cook as to how you like to eat it, join me if we share the same taste.  PaulaCookingFingers

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