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Soft Strawberry Daifuku Mochi

Name: Soft Strawberry Daifuku Mochi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: japanese
Ingredients: glutinous rice flour; brown sugar; maltose; hot milk; strawberry; Japanese red bean paste; cooked glutinous rice flour; Cooking oil

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6 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:13

Sift 100g glutinous rice flour into a bowl, add 20g brown sugar, 10g maltose, and 90ml hot milk (reserving 5-10ml to adjust moisture). Stir with a wooden spoon, gradually adding remaining liquid until the batter becomes thick with slight resistance.

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Watch out

Add hot milk gradually and reserve some, otherwise pouring too much at once will make the batter too watery to form.

Ingredients:glutinous rice flour (100 g)brown sugar (20 g)maltose (10 g)hot milk (90 ml)

Tools:sievelarge glass bowlwooden spoon

Active Cooking

00:00:58

warningStay safe

Use heat-resistant gloves when handling the freshly steamed hot bowl to prevent burns.

Place the prepared batter in a steamer and steam over high heat for 15 to 20 minutes until the surface puffs up and becomes glossy.

local_fire_departmentHigh heat 15 to 20 minutes

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Watch out

Make sure there is enough water in the steamer and use high heat, otherwise the center will remain uncooked and powdery.

Ingredients:glutinous rice flour

Tools:steamer

Preparation

00:01:02

Wash 8 strawberries and dry them thoroughly with paper towels. Remove the leaf stems while keeping the long stalks to help identify the strawberry's orientation when wrapping.

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Watch out

Strawberries must be thoroughly dried, otherwise remaining moisture will prevent the red bean paste from sticking and cause spoilage.

Ingredients:strawberry (8 piece)

Tools:paper towel

Active Cooking

00:01:21

Flatten 160g red bean paste into a disk, place a strawberry in the center, and wrap it evenly around the strawberry while leaving the stem exposed.

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The red bean paste must cover the strawberry evenly, otherwise uneven thickness will ruin the cross-section appearance.

Ingredients:Japanese red bean paste (160 g)strawberry (8 piece)

Tools:baking sheet

Active Cooking

00:02:03

warningStay safe

The freshly cooked dough is extremely hot; direct contact will cause burns, so you must operate through the baking sheet.

Grease the scraper with a little oil, scoop the steamed dough onto a baking sheet, and knead it through the sheet to make it more elastic. The freshly steamed dough is very hot and sticky; add a little oil if needed, then divide the dough into 8 equal portions.

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Must knead through the baking sheet, otherwise the freshly cooked extremely hot dough will stick badly to your hands.

Ingredients:glutinous rice flour

Tools:spatulabench scraper

Active Cooking

00:02:47

warningStay safe

Watch your finger position when cutting the daifuku with a knife to avoid cuts from the blade.

Dust the workbench with a little cooked glutinous rice flour. Take a piece of dough, coat both sides with flour, flatten it into a thin round disk, and wrap the red bean paste filling. The warm daifuku skin has better elasticity so work quickly; seal the edge and shape it like a strawberry, dusting with more flour to prevent sticking. Grease the knife slightly, cut with the strawberry stem facing down, and snip off the stem with scissors. If not eating immediately, do not cut; wrap the daifuku in several paper towels, put them in an airtight container and refrigerate to keep them soft for a day.

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Watch out

Work quickly when wrapping and keep the skin thickness even, otherwise the skin will lose elasticity and tear once cooled.

Ingredients:cooked glutinous rice flourJapanese red bean paste (160 g)strawberry (8 piece)

Tools:scissorsairtight containerknife