Mitarashi Dango
Mitarashi Dango

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mitarashi dango. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mitarashi Dango is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mitarashi Dango is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mitarashi dango using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mitarashi Dango:
  1. Get 6 tbsp glutinous rice flour
  2. Make ready 2 tbsp rice flour
  3. Get 100 ml water
  4. Get Food coloring of your choice
  5. Get Water for boiling
  6. Take For sauce:
  7. Prepare 3 tbsp sugar
  8. Get 1 tbsp shoyu
  9. Prepare 100 ml water
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp katakuriko dissolved in 1-2 tbsp of water
Instructions to make Mitarashi Dango:
  1. Combine all flour and 100 ml of water. Knead well. If it is too sticky, add more flour. If it is too solid, add more water.
  2. I divided the dough and colored one part red.
  3. Here's the fun part! Boil the water (about 1-1.5 liters) while shaping the dough into whatever form you fancy. The traditional shape is round, but I like to play around. Once you finish shaping the dough, plunge it into the boiling water.
  4. Wait about a minute after the pieces float. Scoop them. You can either skewer them or leave them as they are.
  5. How to make the sauce: combine sugar, shoyu, and water until the sugar is dissolved. Add katakuriko slurry bit by bit so it won't clump. When the mixture is boiling, reduce the heat and continue stirring for about three minutes until the mixture thickens.
  6. Pour over the dango, and serve!

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