Easy with the Microwave! Grape Daifuku

• 120 grams Shiratamako or dango-ko
• 50 grams Sugar
• 180 ml Water
• 1 Tsubu-an
• 1 Katakuriko or mochitoriko (a blend of mochiko and starch)
• 12 Grapes (large)

1. Prepare the ingredients.
2. Peel the skins from the grapes.
3. Mix the shiratamako, sugar, and water in a heat-proof dish.
4. Microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds and mix (this is how it should look after microwaving).
5. Microwave for another minute and a half, and mix (this is how it should look after the second round).
6. Repeat by microwaving for another minute and a half (this is how it should look after the final round).
7. This is your gyuhi for the outer dough.
8. Divide the gyuhi into 12 equal portions on a working surface dusted with mochiko.
9. Flatten the pieces of gyuhi, spread on a layer of tsubu-an, place a grape on top, then wrap it up.
10. (Repeat for the remaining dumplings)
11. Reshape the dumplings, then place them in an aluminium baking cup.
12. They fit perfectly into a No.
13. 6 baking cup.

shiratamako, sugar, water, mochitoriko, grapes

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148872-easy-with-the-microwave-grape-daifuku (may not work)