Glutinous rice balls with sweet red bean paste (tang yuan)
Dough made with glutinous rice flour is formed into balls, stuffed with red bean paste, cooked in boiling water, drained and served with pandan-ginger sugar syrup.
Dumplings
The exact definition of dumpling is still fiercely debated. Some say a dumpling is essentially boiled or steamed dough. Fried dough, they claim, with or without filling, cannot be dumplings.
Well, this is Asia and we have our own ideas about what a dumpling is and how it can be cooked. Steamed, fried, poached... even fried and steamed. We love dumplings no matter how they're cooked. We enjoy them in soup, as snack, as appetizer and cocktail food.
Sesame cheese balls
Balls of dough made with glutinous (sticky) rice flour, sugar and water are stuffed with cheese, rolled in sesame seeds and deep fried until golden.