『Ichigo Daifuku | Strawberry Mochi』
Hi everyone, I'm MASA
This time I would like to share a very tasty Japanese confections to you all
which is Japanese sweet
It's called Ichigo Daifuku
ah.. in Mandarin it's called " Cao Mei Da Fu "
ah.. it's quite suitable to make this dessert
because strawberries are often seen recently
so I'm going to make a red bean paste & Mochi mixture
wrap it up & make a very tasty strawberry Mochi
Alright ! Let's do it ~ !
What do you need to prepare first before making these Mochi ?
Is red bean paste, in Japanese it's called Anko
Here has a soaked red mung beans
it has been soaked over night (red mung beans - 100gm)
OK ~ it will turn to like this
* before soak (left) / soaked over night (right)
It's easily to be cooked if is soak over night
* put soaked red mung beans in the pot & add more water
* boil until mashes easily
* throw away water from the pot / # A lot of astringency come out when boiling the beans
* rinse in water / # These action can do it in the sink there ~ ! ^^;
* put the red mung beans back in the pot
* add water
* boiling until the beans is break / # The amount of time & water it depends on the state of red mung beans itself
# Water will evaporate so you need to keep adding water to cover just above the beans!
* once the beans is break, throw away the water
* put the red beans back to the pot (without water)
* add crystal sugar 50gm
You can refer the proportion of the red beans & crystal sugar
ah.. red beans is 2 (100gm) & crystal sugar is 1 (50gm)
If you prepare 100gm of red beans
and you just need to prepare 50gm of crystal sugar
OK ~ This is the ratio that you can refer to
of course you can adding more or less
and I’m going to add some salt
It’s OK if there’s only the sweetness taste
but if is add some salt can make red beans more palatable
Does not have to be add too much, just a pinch of salt is good enough
* a pinch of salt
* medium-low heat (boiling until crystal sugar is melted)
# Although there’s without water, but red beans has absorbed a lot of water
# It will comes out a lot of water when heating !
* smash the red mung beans with masher ! / # Can use an immersion blender !
* smash them to the texture you prefer & remove from the pot
* pour into a shallow plate to cool down
You can made big batch at once
put into sealer bag after cool down
and store in fridge for a week & freezer up to 2~3 months
「 Prepare Mochi Dough 」
* glutinous rice flour - 100gm / sugar - 50gm / water - 120cc
* stir well / # Make sure not to leave lumps of flour
If you want to make different types of flavor
for example if you want to make Matcha flavor
can add 1 teaspoon of green tea powder into the glutinous rice flour & stir well
otherwise can add black sesame powder too
* prepare steamer & let’s steam the dough / # You can heat it in your own way
* steaming for roughly 5 minutes
* it looks like cooked though but there’s still not congeal in the middle..
* stir & combine well for the whitish & floury part
# Make sure mix well with wet wooden mallet !
* returns to the steamer & continues to steam for 3~4 minutes
# If is congeal in the middle, can turn off the heat !
* stir well with wooden spatula or mallet
# Make sure stir well with wet wooden spatula or mallet !
# Stir well until become shiny & smooth !
「 Wrap Strawberries with Red Beans Paste 」
Strawberry is triangle shape
cover the strawberry from the top part
and shape them into ball
hold the strawberry like triangle shape & cover from the top part
* scoop the red bean paste roughly 20gm
* start cover from the top part..
# Can substitute with banana, apple & etc if doesn’t have strawberry
# Make sure is fully covered
# It’s better to know where’s the direction of strawberry
# Incase have to be cut in half, present a prettiness side section !
「 Shape Strawberries Mochi (^o^) ~ ♪ 」
* scoop roughly 42~43gm / # Moisten the spoon for each time scoop the dough ~ !
* place on top of corn or potato starch / # Can substitute with potato or corn meal if doesn’t have corn starch
# Put the corn meal in the oven over 120°C & bake for 5~6 minutes or stir fry with pan
* shape into a flat circle / # Try make it as flat as possible for the edge
# It will be much prettiness when wrap it up !
* dust off the potato starch with a brush
* place the stuffing on the Mochi dough
* make sure direction of the strawberry..
* hold the tip of stuffing in the center & spread the Mochi dough up to the stem
* twist & close
* adjust the whole shape for the last
* dust off with the brush & is done ~ !
(not willing to eat..) because make it so prettiness, Itadakimasu ~
Hmm ~
Oh ~
Really tasty ~ !
Erm.. There’s not only have red bean paste stuffing
and with a whole strawberry as the filling which is given a refreshing right after tasting
because I’ve added a pinch of salt into the red bean bag paste so it does not taste greasy at all
it goes well with the juicy & tart strawberry is a match made in heaven ~ o(≧∇≦)o
Hmm ~
Method of making these Strawberries Mochi are very simple for this time
it will be fun if everyone make it together during off day
Well, let’s give a try ! Thank you !