glutinous rice balls
Sweet Asian dumplings
Glutinous rice balls are small dumplings made from sticky rice flour, typically filled with sweet paste—sesame, red bean, or peanut.
Called tangyuan in Chinese, they're traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival and Winter Solstice, served in sweet broth or syrup.
The chewy texture comes from glutinous rice, which contains no gluten despite the name: We made glutinous rice balls for the holiday.
- mochiPounded Japanese rice paste
- rice ballMolded grain snack
- sweetTasting of sugar
- stickyApt to adhere
- sticky textureSurface that clings
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