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But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!...
Brrrrr...it's been cold this past days and will continue as stubborn arctic wave is striking central, eastern to south part of this country. Farther south in Florida, farmers are racing to save their crops from this unusual cold weather for that area. Their crops are valuable supplies for this country. I hope they don't suffer any significant damage.
I always feel miserable in winter. I can't focus on what I am doing while my body is below my comfortable temperature standard. If I could cuddle on a cozy couch in front of fire place while drinking hot chocolate for the whole winter, that would be.......BORING!!! Haha...

Hubby's parent always get us several sachets of instant ginger. "For winter supply", they said. Yesterday, I made
ronde / tang yuen, and used that instant ginger so I didn't have to make ginger drink from scratch.
Wedang Ronde
Ingredients:
Glutinous rice flour
Water
Food coloring (optional)
Peanut
Sugar
Dash of salt
Crush peanut using food processor. Mix peanut with sugar and a little water until the mixture is pliable. The amount of sugar depends on how sweet one wants the peanut filling to be. The salt is just to make the taste richer.
Make several 1cm-diameter balls.
Mix water, glutinous rice, and drops of food coloring in a container until the dough is shiny and doesn't stick to the container. If the dough is too soft (can't stand by its own), add more flour.
Make as many 1.5 cm-diameter balls as peanut balls. Using pointy finger, poke a ball to make a hole. Put one peanut ball, close the dough ball. Roll with hand to make a perfect round ball. Do the same with the rest.
Cook the balls in boiling water until floating. Serve with hot ginger drink, agar-agar, and peanut.
