We learned how to make winter solstice tangyuan at the Michelin-starred Ming Court.

Winter solstice is almost upon us. Chinese families often celebrate the changing of the seasons at a gathering where they dine and enjoy sweet glutinous rice dumplings. The roundness and division of filling and wrapping while making these dumplings (tongyuen in Cantonese or tangyuan in Mandarin) symbolise family unity and harmony.

So we went to Ming Court at the Cordis hotel to learn to make a version of this traditional delicacy. Normally the tangyuan is in a soup, but the one we made was dry and seasoned with peanuts.