Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ohagi - japanese rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ohagi - Japanese Rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Ohagi - Japanese Rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have ohagi - japanese rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ohagi - Japanese Rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste:
- Make ready 150 g mochi rice
- Prepare 200 ml water
- Prepare 300 g sweet adzuki bean paste
- Get 2 Tbs kinako, soy bean powder
- Take 1/2 Tbs sugar
Instructions to make Ohagi - Japanese Rice cake with sweet adzuki bean paste:
- Wash the rice, place it to strainer and leave for 5 minutes to strain off the water from the rice. Put the rice into a rice cooker, add the water and cook.
- While the rice is still warm, remove the pan from the rice cooker and crush up with a wooden pestle to make half crushed rice.
- Wet your hands, separate the rice into 10 pieces (35g × 5 and 45g × 5) and make them into balls. Also separate adzuki bean paste into 10 pieces (40g×5 and 15g×５) and make them into balls as well.
- Take one piece of 45g rice on your hand, gentrly spread it out by pressing, place one piece of 15g adzuki bean paste and fold it round to form a ball. Repeat for the remaining 4 pieces. (the azuki bean goes inside, the rice inside)
- In a small bowl, mix the kinako, soy bean powder and the sugar. Roll the ohagi in the kinako mix, making sure it is covered all over.
- Repeat the procedure in reverse. Take one piece of 40g adzuki bean paste onto your hand, gently spread it out by pressing, place one piece of 35g rice ball into the center of the azuki bean paste and fold it round to form a ball. Repeat for the remaining 4 pieces. (the rice goes inside, the azuki bean outside)
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