The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is approaching, and we are also going to start eating Lantern Festival, but some people will confuse Lantern Festival with Tangyuan, but in fact, there is a big difference between them.
First of all, the Lantern Festival is rolled out, while the rice balls are wrapped. The process of making Lantern Festival is relatively simple, usually the filling is rolled on a glutinous rice flour sieve until it becomes spherical. The glutinous rice skin is made first, and then the filling is wrapped in, so the glutinous rice balls can have different skin filling ratios.
Secondly, the fillings of Lantern Festival and Tangyuan are also different. The traditional Lantern Festival filling is made of black and white sesame seeds and crushed peanuts with flour and sugar as the main ingredients, and the taste is relatively simple. The filling of glutinous rice balls is more abundant, and there can be various flavors of fillings, such as meat filling, bean paste filling, fruit filling, etc.
In addition, the taste of Lantern Festival and Tangyuan is also different. Lantern Festival generally has a harder taste because of its outer skin. There is a lot of glutinous rice flour on it, and the soup is relatively muddy. The skin of the glutinous rice balls is smooth, the taste is soft and glutinous, and the soup is relatively clear.
After reading this article, do you have some understanding of the difference between Lantern Festival and Tangyuan?