Sunny Day
Today for Asia chinese ,is a big day celebration for them. Because in chinese calender today is call “Dong Zi” mean all the chinese people will buy the glutinous rice to make a dough,it can be big or small sharp but in round. They only use two color which is white and red cos red is “good luck” for chinese. It can with or without ingredient inside. Beside that they will cook others dishes and gathering just like reunion. They believe this glutinous rice ball mean “Tong Yuen” is good luck and gathering.
This custom was began due to a fish village, their food is only fish. One day when this family was having dinner and in a sudden one of the family member get chock by a fish bone and feel difficulty at the same time a beggar come to thier house and beg for food. In the house only have fish so they give beggar the fish,as a return the beggar give the family a dough which make from glutinous rice .The beggar ask them to feed the family member with it. So the fish bone will go with the dough and save his life. From than the villager believe is a lucky day and all of them gather again with eating this glutinous rice dough.
So from time to time and century to century till today, all the chinese people will pray and cook the glutinous rice ball and celebrate. And is easy to cook. First, just cook the water with ginger and a littler of “gula melaka” call it brown sugar and few fragrance leave till the water boil then put the gultinous rice ball in. After it cook just serve it very easy .
“WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY “DONG ZI”
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