Mochi is a popular Japanese Dessert..
This is a recipe I took and added the red bean water to make it red bean mochi, other flavors can be used such as artificial flavoring: strawberry, coconut, blueberry...etc....The fillings can be jelly, jam, a piece of candy of your choice, etc....THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX!!! :) You will be amaze of what you come up with!
I forgot to take pictures but you can look through the video which I have linked below.
Here is the recipe:
Prep making the filling for Red bean mochi:
(Can soak overnight to make them cook faster)
1.Use half a bag of azuki red bean and place it in a sauce pan and wash it, by running water and swirling it around with your hands.
2. Let the water simmer and boil until the beans are tender. MAKE SURE TO SURE AND CONSTANTLY ADDING WATER when the water is down that low.
3. After the beans are tender, pour the beans through a metal strainer and put a metal bowl underneath.
4. Depending on your taste of how sweet you would like it to be you can add more to your desire taste. I added 1 cup o sugar to the beans and mashed them through the sieve of the strainer, this will catch the starch juice we will be using for the mochi skin. This should make at least 1/2 cups of red bean water if not just add some hot water. Do not dilute it to much.
5. After mashing the beans, taste it and see if you need to add more sugar or not but keep in made that the skin will also be alittle sweet.
Mochi Skin:
- 1 cup of glutinous rice flour
- 1/4 c of sugar
- 6 tsp finely mashed/ minced red beans
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 c red bean water (after straining the liquid from the mashed filling made)
1. Stir together until smooth and than place a plastic wrap over the bowl and microwave for 2 minutes after beens two minutes in the microwave, stir it!
2.Careful because it is hot!! Put in the microwave for 1 more minute..
3. On a clear surface sprinkle rice flour and scoop out the mochi on the surface careful cause it is hot.
4. Roll the mochi out in to a cylinder, cut them in to 1/2 in pieces, 5. Roll the mochi out to be a flat circle and add your filling of your choice, taking the corners of the mochi put them together.
6. In this process you have to be quick before the mochi dries out but if this happens, they can be cut in mini pieces used for ice cream toppings.
Happy Cooking! Wish you the best good luck!!!
Enjoy ^^
