Easy Uguisu Mochi to Enjoy All Year Round
- 120 grams Koshi-an
- 50 grams Shiratamako
- 100 ml Water
- 60 grams White sugar
- 15 grams Mizuame
- 1 Uguisu flour (green kinako or soy bean flour)
- You just need to use a kitchen scale and a heatproof container.
- Add the ingredients in the listed order.
- The dough is made in the microwave, at 600 W.
- Divide the koshi-an into 6 portions.
- If you measure the anko so that each portion weighs 20 g, the finished mochi cake will be just the right size.
- These photo only show 5 -- they're from when I wanted to try making it with 5 big pieces, but the mochi cakes were too big and not very cute, so I'd stick with 6!
- Put the shiratamako and 50 ml of water in a heatproof container, and mix well.
- Add the remaining 50 ml of water and white sugar, and mix again.
- Microwave for 1 minute.
- The perimeters of the dough will thicken first.
- Mix the whole thing up well with a sturdy spoon or wooden spatula.
- Microwave for another minute.
- The dough will thicken quite a bit.
- Mix again (or rather, knead it).
- It will be very sticky.
- Microwave for another minute, and knead again.
- It will have a mochi-like consistency at this stage.
- Add the mizuame, and microwave for 40 seconds.
- Knead.
- It will be shiny and mochi-like.
- The dough is now finished.
- Use the uguisu flour as the dusting flour.
- Don't use too much or it will go to waste.
- Just use enough.
- (There's too much uguisu flour in the photo!!
- Just dust the dough lightly so that it doesn't stick to your hands!!)
- Dust a shallow tray lightly with the uguisu flour, and put the cooked mochi dough onto it.
- Divide the mochi into 6 portions.
- Press the mochi out thin, top with a ball of the koshi-an, and close it up.
- Don't worry if some of the uguisu flour gets inside.
- Once the mochi is closed, place it on top of the uguisu flour like this, then place the cake in a No.
- 6 aluminium cupcake cup.
- Dust with some more uguisu flour using a tea strainer to finish.
shiratamako, water, white sugar, mizuame, uguisu flour
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/147287-easy-uguisu-mochi-to-enjoy-all-year-round (may not work)