Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, fragrant sakura blossom ohagi (sweet rice cakes covered with anko bean paste). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fragrant Sakura Blossom Ohagi (Sweet Rice Cakes Covered with Anko Bean Paste) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fragrant Sakura Blossom Ohagi (Sweet Rice Cakes Covered with Anko Bean Paste) is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have fragrant sakura blossom ohagi (sweet rice cakes covered with anko bean paste) using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fragrant Sakura Blossom Ohagi (Sweet Rice Cakes Covered with Anko Bean Paste):
- Get 700 grams Mochi rice, uncooked
- Take 90 ml Regular Japanese white rice, uncooked
- Prepare 360 ml Water
- Make ready 1 dash Salt (optional)
- Make ready 20 grams Salt preserved sakura
- Get 1 an extremely small amount Red food coloring
- Take 1 Koshi-an
Steps to make Fragrant Sakura Blossom Ohagi (Sweet Rice Cakes Covered with Anko Bean Paste):
- Wash the mochiko and white rice together. Mix in food coloring after adding the listed amount of water. Let it sit as-is for 2~3 hours and then cook as you normally would.
- Rinse the salted cherry blossoms quickly in water, soak for a little while and mince. They'll taste better if there's still a little salt on them.
- Mash the rice with a rice spoon or wooden pestle after cooking, and add the salted cherry blossoms and salt (if preferred).
- You can evenly divide the rice if you pack it into a sushi mold. Mold into barrel-shaped balls after dividing it.
- Thinly and evenly spread out a ball of koshi-an on top of plastic wrap, and place the rice on top. Use the plastic wrap to wrap the rice in the koshi-an, and shape.
- Remove the plastic wrap, arrange on serving plates, and enjoy.
Foods That Can Make Your Mood Better
A lot of us have been trained to believe that comfort foods are bad and are to be avoided. Often, if your comfort food is made of candy or other junk foods, this holds true. Otherwise, comfort foods can be extremely nutritious and good for you. There are some foods that, when you eat them, could better your mood. If you seem to feel a little bit down and you’re in need of a happiness pick me up, try a couple of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, are terrific for helping you combat depression. Just make sure that you don’t toss out the yolk. The egg yolk is the most crucial part of the egg in terms of helping elevate your mood. Eggs, specifically the egg yolks, are loaded with B vitamins. These B vitamins are terrific for helping to boost your mood. This is because they increase the function of your brain’s neural transmitters (the parts of the brain that affect how you feel). Try eating a few eggs to jolly up!
Make some trail mix of nuts or seeds. Peanuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, and so on are all fantastic for helping to raise your mood. This is because seeds and nuts have lots of magnesium which boosts your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is a feel-good chemical that dictates to the brain how to feel at any given moment. The more of this chemical in your brain, the better you’ll feel. Nuts, on top of improving your mood, can be a superb source of protein.
If you want to battle depression, try consuming some cold water fish. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etcetera, they’re all high in omega-3 fatty acids and DHA. These are two substances that increase the quality and function of the grey matter in your brain. It’s the truth: eating tuna fish sandwiches can truly help you battle your depression.
Some grains are truly excellent for fighting off bad moods. Millet, quinoa, barley, etc are great at helping you feel better. They help you feel full as well which can truly help to make your mood better. Feeling famished can be terrible! The reason these grains elevate your mood is that they are easy for your body to digest. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps kick start a rise in your blood glucose which in turn kicks up your mood to a happier place.
Your mood could really be helped by green tea. You were just expecting to read that, weren’t you? Green tea is high in a specific amino acid known as L-theanine. Studies have found that this particular amino acid can essentially induce brain waves. This helps raise your mental focus while having a relaxing effect on the rest of your body. You were already aware that green tea could help you feel so much healthier. Now you know that green tea can improve your mood as well!
Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you wish to help your moods get better. Try several of these instead!
