Families enjoy time spent in making tang yuan
IT IS a merry family affair whenever Lau Kwai Fong makes glutinuous rice balls (tang yuan) for the Winter Solstice festival.
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Her daughters-in-law and grandchildren will gather at her home in Petaling Jaya to knead, roll and boil the tang yuan before bowls of the marble-sized balls are offered at the altar for prayers.
Lau, 80, has been making the glutinous rice balls from the time she got married.
Closely-knit: Samantha (second from left) feeding her grandmother Lau with the tang yuan while Lau’s other grandchildren Nicholas (left), Nigel (third from left) and Benjamin look on.
She insists that the tang yuan must be hand- made, which she does lovingly for the family.
“I do not buy ready-made ones because I don’t know the ingredients or colouring that are used,” said Lau.
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