Riceball Dessert

My family decided to make our own riceball dessert this year for Chinese Valentine day. We've never done this for this day before, but apparently we are this year.

It was definitely interesting to make, using sweet rice flour and water to make the dough. The inside is filled with canned red bean paste. It was a bit fun to make cause we just kept making some really messed up ones.

Supposedly after Chinese Valentine day, that's when we are officially another year older. What a way to celebrate love right? In the Chinese tradition, age is determined by the first day of the year you are born. Everyone gains another day on this day no matter which day your birthday is. It's kinda sad for those who are born right on this day versus those who were born a day before. Cause they'd technically be a year younger even though they are only 1 day apart. But that's the traditional way.

There are other times when people eat these rice balls as a tradition. The main one is for weddings. Couples eat these to symbolize completion because they are sphere shaped. So everything is complete. It's cool I think, a nice little tradition. There are though way too many traditions in the Chinese culture for sure.