Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, 'mitarashi dango'. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
'Mitarashi Dango' is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. 'Mitarashi Dango' is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have 'mitarashi dango' using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make 'Mitarashi Dango':
- Make ready 2 cups Glutinous Rice Flour
- Prepare 1 cup Rice Flour
- Prepare 1 & 1/2 cup Warm Water *approximately
- Get <Mitarashi Sauce>
- Take 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- Get 3 tablespoons Sugar
- Take 1 tablespoon Mirin
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Potato Starch OR Corn Starch
- Get 1/2 cup Water
Steps to make 'Mitarashi Dango':
- Add warn water to the flour gradually, mix and knead to achieve the firmness of dough is same as firmness of your earlobe. (*This is traditionally taught.) It is a bit dry to the touch. Make about 2cm balls.
- Cook the dumplings in rapidly boiling water. When the dumplings are floating, cook a few more minutes, then drain and place them in icy cold water to cool.
- Place all sauce ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat constantly stirring until thick.
- Put the dumplings on skewers, 4 per skewer. Then you may wish to grill them on a grill pan to burn the dumplings slightly, but it is optional.
- Pour plenty of the sauce over the dumplings.
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