How to make healthy colorful glutinous rice balls

Many times, we envy others for having a relative who can cook, so that we can enjoy delicious meals after get off work. Instead of envying others, it is better to do it yourself. Below we will introduce to you the method of making health-preserving colorful cloud dumplings.

1. Remove the core of the red dates and cut them into slices. Steam them in a steamer for about 30 minutes until the dates are soft.

2. Peel and dice the yam, soak it in clean water for 10 minutes, take it out and put it in the microwave to soften it.

3. Peel and slice the pumpkin, put it in the microwave to soften it, peel and slice the purple sweet potato, put it in the steamer to soften it

4. Peel the steamed red dates and take out the flesh. Then put the jujube flesh, yam, pumpkin and purple sweet potato into a fresh-keeping bag and press them into a paste with a rolling pin.

5. Take an appropriate amount of yam paste and date paste, and wrap a small piece of butter

6. Roll into jujube paste and yam balls (this amount can make 12 balls in total)

7. Take 100g glutinous rice flour and 20g milk powder, pour in 90g hot water and knead into dough

8. Add the remaining powder to pumpkin puree and purple sweet potato puree (purple sweet potato puree has less water content, so you can add some hot water appropriately) and mix into pumpkin dough and purple sweet potato dough.

9. Take appropriate amount of white dough and yellow dough (or purple dough) and roll into balls

10. Use your index finger and thumb to make a hollow shape and put in the yam balls with jujube paste.

11. Gently tighten the opening with your thumb and forefinger’s mouth

12. Gently roll it into a round shape

13. Apply a layer of oil on the plate and put the prepared colorful cloud dumplings on the plate

14. After the colored water is boiled, add the colorful cloud dumplings

15. Pour in rock sugar

16. Cook until the colorful cloud dumplings float up.

Okay, that’s all I have to say about the health-preserving Caiyun Tangyuan. Everyone, hurry up and prepare the ingredients and follow the editor’s method to make them! Don’t worry, your family will be satisfied with the meal!