Chick-shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets
- 100 grams Shiro-an (sweetened smooth white bean paste)
- 7 grams White flour
- 2 grams Mochiko
- 5 grams Sugar
- 1 dash Black sesame seeds
- 1 Food dye, red and yellow
- Put the shiro-an white bean paste in a bowl, then add sifted flour, mochiko, and sugar.
- Mix together until the dough is formed.
- Break the dough into five pieces and steam in a steamer for about 25 minutes.
- They'll expand once steamed.
- Knead the dough all together again in a wet kitchen towel for about ten minutes.
- Add yellow food dye while kneading to make yellow dough.
- Put a little bit of dough aside to make the chick beaks later, and then use the rest of the dough to make round chick heads.
- Roll the dough when it's still a little warm to the touch.
- Add red food coloring to the dough you're going to use for the beaks to make it orange.
- Take the orange dough and stick to the yellow chick heads to make beaks, and then add sesame seeds for the eyes.
- It's easy to add the seeds using a toothpick.
- They're all done.
- Now you've got a row of little chicks!
- Here's a picture of "Piyodamari," a character whose name I even used for my username.
- Don't these sweets look just like him!
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white flour, sugar, black sesame seeds
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/167761-chick-shaped-japanese-traditional-sweets (may not work)