Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, 'mitarashi dango'. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
'Mitarashi Dango' is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. 'Mitarashi Dango' is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 'mitarashi dango' using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make 'Mitarashi Dango':
- Take 2 cups Glutinous Rice Flour
- Prepare 1 cup Rice Flour
- Make ready 1 & 1/2 cup Warm Water *approximately
- Prepare <Mitarashi Sauce>
- Get 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- Make ready 3 tablespoons Sugar
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Mirin
- Get 1 tablespoon Potato Starch OR Corn Starch
- Make ready 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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