Wednesday 19 January 2011

Daifukumochi - the candy that makes Norwegian kids cry...


So I came home from Japan two years ago with loads of Japanese sweets. They´re mainly made of rice flour and beans. The taste is somewhat different from western sweets. My daughter has set her mind on liking everything Japanese, so she ate them with all the enthusiasm only a small kind can. She also invited the neighborhood kids in for a treat... the result; tears.
They looked so tasty, pink and green, in such a nice box!

Two years later I thought I´d try to make my own. I didn´t have azuki beans to make the filling, so I made plain without filling, but with green tea. They came out very well on the second try!

Here goes:

Daifukumochi


3/4 cup glutinous rice flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp matcha


potato starch to dust with



Sift matcha into flour in a large bowl.
Mix sugar and water in a pan, bring to a boil.
Pour the liquid into the flour and whisk as hard as you can.
Transfer the mass back into pan and simmer while stirring for 2 minutes or so.
Put the mass on a plate and cut small pieces that you drop into
potato starch
and roll into small balls.


Enjoy! (Ps. Be careful when handing them out to kids - might case unwanted reactions!)




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