Make Kawagoe's Specialty Imokoi Ikinari-Dango Even Outside Japan
- 150 grams All purpose flour
- 80 grams Mochiko
- 20 grams Rice flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 150 ml Boiling water
- 1 Sweet potato
- 200 grams Sweet adzuki bean paste (chunky type)
- Rinse the sweet potato, slice into 1 cm rounds, and soak in salt water to keep the color from changing.
- (Salt not listed).
- I used homemade tsubu-an.
- Use whatever anko is available.
- In a large bowl, add dry ingredients and hot water while mixing with a fork.
- (Be careful not to burn yourself.)
- Although it's hot to handle, form the dough into a ball.
- Knead until the consistency is smooth, wrap with plastic wrap to keep it from drying out, then let sit for about 15 minutes.
- Take out as many sweet potatoes as you will need, rinse off the salt, and wipe the excess water with paper towels.
- Spread a generous amount of anko on top of each slice.
- Remove enough dough to wrap around a slice of sweet potato, and using your palm and fingers, flatten and stretch into a circle.
- (You can also use a rolling pin, if necessary.)
- Use both hands to wrap the dough completely around the anko and sweet potato.
- Line the steamer with a cloth and steam for about 30 minutes on high heat (or until a skewer lightly inserted into the sweet potato pierces though completely.)
- Wrap in plastic wrap as soon as the residual heat has dissipated.
- It also tastes delicious while still hot.
flour, flour, salt, water, sweet potato
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/155649-make-kawagoes-specialty-imokoi-ikinari-dango-even-outside-japan (may not work)