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Homemade Black Sesame Tangyuan (Sweet Rice Dumplings)
自制黑芝麻汤圆

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Today is the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year , Chinese celebrate it as The Lantern Festival (元宵节). This year, The Lantern Festival is also the The Valentine's Day! It's reported that 243 couples in Singapore will be tying the knot today. What an auspicious “double happiness” date!  The Lantern Festival symbolises family togetherness. Eating tangyuan , or sweet rice dumplings,  is an important part of the day in my family. Back in my home town in Northeastern China,   tangyuan  is usually filled with sugar, walnuts, sesame, rose petals, sweetened tangerine peel, red bean paste, dates, or dried fruits.  A lot of combinations of these ingredients.  It feels so good to enjoy a bowl of warm  tangyuan with your family on a cold winter day . This year, I decided to make my own tangyuan for the first time. One reason is, I have one whole pack of glutinous rice flour, leftover from making Chinese New Year  niangao (rice cake) .   Another reason is,  the tangyuan  recipe looks r