Sweet dumplings are boiled and served in hot water.

元宵是用热水煮过端上来吃的。

Compared to gluttonous rice puddings, sweet dumplings are more difficult to produce.

与汤圆相比，元宵更难做一些。

After making sweet dumplings and gluttonous rice puddings, put them into boiling water to cook thoroughly.

做好元宵和汤圆后，放入开水中煮熟。

In Beijing and other northern provinces, the preference is for sweet dumplings, filled with sugary red-bean paste.

在北京等北方地区，人们更爱吃包了豆沙的甜粽子。

The same goes, shake to make sweet dumplings and pack gluttonous rice puddings, though they look similar, these two kinds of food have very different production techniques.

同样，元宵是摇成的，汤圆是包成的，尽管它们看起来很相似，但这两种食物的制作方式却大不相同。