Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, tukimi dango (moon viewing dumpling). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook tukimi dango (moon viewing dumpling) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling):
- Take 60 g Joshinko (Rice Powder)
- Take 60 g Shitamako (Glutinous Rice Powder)
- Take 20 g Sugar
- Make ready 80 ml hot (but not boiling) water
Instructions to make Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling):
- Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and pour in the water little by little while mixing with chopsticks or a fork. Do not pour in all at once as you may need to make sure of the consistency.
- Once the water is mixed in, knead with your hands to get a "earlobe softness"
- Roll into a rope one inch in width.
- Divide the rope into 16
- Roll each portion into a ball
- Boil a pot of water and drop the balls in. Boil for 4 minutes
- Remove the balls from the pan and place it in a bowl of ice water to cool
- Once cooled take them out to dry
- Display the dumplings in a pyramid shape. There are 2 theories on how many dumplings to display. It is either 15, 13, or 12 or 13 (on a leap year). If you are displaying 15, the 1st layer - 9 balls, 2nd layer - 4 balls and 3rd layer 2 balls.
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