Tang Yuan (Keroppi shape)

I made these Keroppi Tang Yuan for 3 years specially for my girl.  Think for all the kids, when they see cute tang yuan, they will be happily enjoying the tang yuan.  I am glad she is happy to see such cute tang yuan.

Keroppi Tang Yuan (for kids)

Traditional for adults

Ingredients for dough:

115g Vanillin Glutinous Flour

100ml water

Food colouring

Charcoal powder for black colour

Filling:

Gula melaka sugar, chopped into tiny pieces

Method:

1. Add water slowly to the flour and mix well with hand to get a moist and managable dough.

2. Separate the dough into few portion you want and add the different colourings to the doughs.

3. For Keroppi, add green colouring for face, black for eyes and mouth, pink for cheeks.

4. Roll green dough into oval shape(you can add in filling if you want).

5. Roll two white dough into small ball for eye balls. Attach on top of the face.

6. Roll two tiny black dough and flatten it with finger. Then attach it on top of the white small ball for the eyes.

7. Roll two tiny black dough into strip and attach it on the keroppi face in a "V" shape for the mouth.

8. Roll 2 tiny pink dough into ball and attach it at both side of the mouth ("V").

9. Boil the keroppi tang yuan in a pot of water under low heat.  The tang yuan is cooked when it is floating up to the surface of the water.

Ingredients for soup:

Water

Osmanthus flower

Pandan leaves

Rock sugar to taste

Method:

1. Boil the above soup ingredients and serve tang yuan with the sweet soup.