Happy Lunar New Year!
Posted on January 22, 2023 Posted by Athena Scalzi 6 Comments
Hey, everyone! I just wanted to come on here real quick and wish y’all a happy Lunar New Year!
Today, I celebrated with my friends by exchanging red envelopes, making paper lanterns out of construction paper, wrapping spring rolls, and I even tried making Tang Yuan for the first time! Specifically I made these black sesame filled ones.
The spring rolls were really yummy and crispy, and the dessert I made was like super chewy mochi with sweet sesame filling oozing out. I actually didn’t end up making the ginger broth with it because I forgot about it entirely! But that’s okay because I don’t particularly like a strong ginger flavor anyway.
Happy Year of the Rabbit!
-AMS
Happy Year of the Rabbit!
(The ginger syrup doesn’t have to be strong. It’s easy enough to reduce the amount of ginger. I find it helps to reduce the cloying sweetness the dish can have. Or alternatively, use less sugar overall. These days I tend to find most desserts to be too sweet for me anyway.)
Sounds like you had a great time!!
I really need to make some mochi.
Happy New Year to you! I had a bowl of chicken and leek dumplings for lunch. Definitely NOT homemade. ;-)
Sounds really good, will have to check out this recipe.
Thanks!
If you liked making the tang yuan and spring rolls, I highly recommend checking out Woks of Life. They’ve got great, clearly written and delicious recipes.
https://thewoksoflife.com/