Wrapped Ichigo Daifuku (Strawberry Dumplings) For Girls' Day Festival
- 3 to 5 medium Strawberries
- 160 grams Tsubu-an (chunky azuki bean paste), or shiro-an (smooth white bean paste)
- 60 grams Shiratamako
- 40 grams Joshinko
- 40 to 50 grams Sugar
- 140 ml Water
- 1 Katakuriko
- Divide the tsubu-an into 10 g portions.
- Slice the strawberries in half lengthwise, if they're big, slice into quarters.
- Put the shiratama-ko, joshin-ko, sugar and a little water in a heatproof bowl and mix very well.
- Try to dissolve the shiratama-ko as much as possible.
- Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and place on the edge of the microwave oven turntable.
- Microwave for 1 minute and mix well.
- Microwave for another 30 seconds and mix, microwave again for 30 seconds and mix (The dough will become quite firm.)
- Dust a cutting board lightly with katakuriko, spread the dough on top, sprinkle katakuriko on top, cover with plastic wrap and roll out to about 2 mm thick with a rolling pin.
- Cut 12 square pieces of dough.
- Place the anko and piece of strawberry on each dough square, and fold in the bottom left right in that order to wrap.
- The aim is to make them look like hina dolls, so don't reverse the left and right order.
- This dough can be used to make shiso mochi or yatsuhashi too.
strawberries, shiratamako, joshinko, sugar, water, katakuriko
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/147663-wrapped-ichigo-daifuku-strawberry-dumplings-for-girls-day-festival (may not work)