Tsukimi Dango
Traditional rice dumplings.
Equipment
- 1 bowl
- 1 pot
Ingredients
Plain Dango
- 120 g Rice flour
- 80 g Glutinous Rice flour
- 1 tbs sugar
- 2/3 cup water
Pumpkin Dango
- 2 tbs Glutinous rice flour
- 1 tbs Rice flour
- a pinch of salt
- 1 tbs mashed pumpkin
- 1 tbs water
Rabbit Dango
- 3 tbs Glutinous rice flour
- 1 tbs mashed pumpkin
- ½~1 tbs water
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
Plain Dango
- Combine rice flour, glutinous rice flour, and sugar in a bowl.
- Whisk well and add water little by little to Distribute evenly.
- When you add sugar to the Dango, it will keep soft longer.
- When the dough comes together, Take it out and knead until smooth.
- If you add too much water, The dough becomes watery and difficult to handle. So be sure to add water little by little.We describe this stage as an earlobe.It's almost like a play dough.
- Shape into a cylinder, and mark the center; in the center of each half, And then divide into three. You have 12 equal portions. Shape into balls.
- Boil for About 2 to 3 minutes and then cook another minute to cook through when the dumplings float on the surface.
- Transfer to icy cold water to stop cooking.
- Cool completely, then take out onto a mesh tray greased with oil to prevent sticking, and dry out the surface a little bit before stacking.
Pumpkin Dango
- Next, we are going to make pumpkin dumplings.Remove seeds and skin from the pumpkin and cook in the microwave until soft. Mash until you get a smooth paste.
- Combine rice flour and glutinous rice flour, mashed pumpkin mix until evenly combined before adding water.
- Add water little by little until it comes together.
- If you add too much water, adjust with a bit more glutinous rice flour or rice flour.
- Knead until smooth and shape into balls.
- Boil as we did to the plain dumplings.
- And it's done！
Rabbit Dango
- Now, let's make rabbit dumplings.
- Make a dough as we did; this is 100% Shiratamako.
- Shipping to oval, and pinch the side to look like a rabbit.
- Boil until cooked through, then dry out the surface.
- Heat your skewer until hot, then apply it on the surface like this.
- Use a toothpick and put eyes on the dumplings with red food coloring.