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Hanami Dango

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Total time
20 min
Serves
5
Cuisine
Japanese
Hanami Dango

Ingredients

  • 1/2 block of silken soft tofu (100g)
  • 3/4 cup glutinous rice flour (90g)
  • 1/4 cup white sugar (50g)
  • 1/4 tsp strawberry powder*, optional
  • 1/4 tsp matcha powder*, optional
  • 5-6 bamboo skewer sticks

Steps

  1. 1

    Weigh the rice flour, silken tofu and sugar and then add Into a large bowl. Mix well using your hands. Using a kneading motion until a dough forms.

  2. 2

    Divide the dough into three equal parts.

  3. 3

    Sift in the strawberry powder into one portion of the dough and knead until it forms a uniform pink colour.

  4. 4

    Sift in the matcha powder into another portion of the dough and knead well until it turns green.

  5. 5

    Divide each ball of dough into 5-6 balls. I weigh each ball to be around 14-15 grams each, this yields 5 skewers. For smaller balls, make them into 10-12 grams each.

  6. 6

    Bring a pot of water to a boil and add in the dango balls. Leave the dango balls to cook. Remove the dango balls when they rise to the top of the water. Scoop them out using a strainer ladle and place into a bowl of ice cold water to stop them from cooking further.

  7. 7

    Add one green dango ball onto a skewer. Follow with one white and one pink dango ball. Repeat for all 5-6 skewers then enjoy!

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