1. Core and slice red dates, put them in a steamer and steam for about 30 minutes, and steam until the jujube meat is soft
2. Peel and dice the yam, soak in clean water for 10 minutes, remove it and put it in the microwave
3. Peel and slice pumpkin, put it in the microwave, peel and slice the purple sweet potato, put it in a steamer and steam it
4. Peel the steamed red dates and take the meat, then put the jujube meat, yam, pumpkin and purple sweet potato in the fresh-keeping bag in turn, and press it into a puree with a rolling pin
5. Take appropriate amount of pureed yam and pureed dates, and pack a small piece of butter
6. Knead into jujube mud yam balls (this amount makes a total of 12)
7. Take 100 grams of glutinous rice flour and 20 grams of milk powder, pour in 90 grams of hot water, and form a dough
8. Add the remaining powder to pumpkin puree and purple potato puree (the water content of purple potato puree is low, you can add some hot water appropriately), and form pumpkin dough and purple potato dough
9. Take appropriate amount of white dough and yellow dough (or purple dough), and round them
10. Use the index finger and thumb to turn into a nest shape, and put the jujube mud yam ball
11. Gently tighten the mouth with a tiger's mouth, then gently round it
12. Put a layer of salad oil on the plate, and put the prepared Caiyun Tangyuan in the plate
13. After the colored water in the pot is boiled, put in the colored cloud dumplings
14. Pour in rock sugar and cook until Caiyun Tangyuan floats
