Fruit Tang Yuan is the product resulted from the combination of fruits with the traditional Chinese food that is glutinous rice ball which commonly consumed during the Chinese festive season - Winter Solstice. Tang Yuan is originated from the Chinese words “reunion” which gives the meaning of being together especially among family members.
What inspire our group to come up with this idea is that 22nd December of every years is the Winter Solstice where every Chinese make and eat Tang Yuan. Our expo day is just one month before the Winter Solstice, and UMS students will be staying at the campus as there is no holiday, thus we thought of bringing this food product up to let them can experience the taste of “home” and feel the warmth of this special day even though we are far away from our hometown. Although students could not celebrate Winter Solstice with family, but they can celebrate here with friends and course mates, with this special food.
In order to attract people with something common, a thought of combination is aspired. What the market usually have is the traditional plain glutinous rice ball, or with black sesame, peanut and red bean inside. However, fruit-based Tang Yuan is a new idea. Secondly, fruits impress person with its nutritional value which is high in vitamins and fiber, and it is always combined in the dessert. Fruit is also something easy to manage and easily keep. A few types of fruit have been considered to combine with glutinous rice ball which include pineapple, mango, apple and orange. These fruits are more common and have greater acceptability. The general idea on this product is that, the fruit juice is used to mix together with the dough to give it the taste and aroma of fruits and the fruit flesh is wrapped inside the dough. Hence a Tang Yuan with fruit aroma and the flesh chewable inside is expected. The Tang Yuan is served chill with two options of soup: soy milk or traditional ginger pandan soup.