Kushidangoskeweredsweetdumplings Recipes

KUSHI DANGO (JAPANESE SKEWERED RICE DUMPLINGS) WITH MITARASHI SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a pot with water over medium heat to a boil. Prepare a small bowl of ice water.
• Meanwhile, mix rice flour and sugar for dough in a bowl until well blended. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring well after each addition, until dough is squishy but firm.
• Dust a work surface with cornstarch. Set dough on top and knead until smooth. Pull off small amounts of dough and roll into small, uniform balls (dumplings). Use up all the dough this way.
• Drop a handful of rice dumplings into the boiling water at a time. Cook until dumplings rise to the top, 3 to 5 minutes. Once they have risen to the top, cook for 2 more minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and immediately drop them into the bowl of ice water.
• Remove dumplings from the ice water and thread 3 to 4 a skewer. Repeat with remaining dumplings, adding more ice to the water for the cooling stage once as needed.
• Prepare sauce: Combine 1 cup water, sugar, and soy sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until sugar dissolves. Stir together cornstarch and 1 1/2 tablespoons water in a small bowl and add to the soy sauce mixture. Cook, stirring, until sauce thickens, then remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Heat a griddle over medium heat. Once hot, grill skewered dumplings on both sides until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and pour cooled mitarashi sauce on top. Serve.

DANGO (SWEET JAPANESE DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Combine the Mochiko slowly and gradually with the water in the mixing bowl, trying to get a solid-but-squishy dough.
• Knead the dough well.
• Make small round dumplings (or Dango) with the dough, roughly 1 inch in diameter at the most.
• Steam the dango for 10-15 mins in the steamer on medium or high heat, depending on your steamer.
• When they are done (brownled slightly) take them off and let the cool on a wire rack.
• Mix the sugar, water (Larger mesurement) and soysauce in the small pan over a medium heat.
• Combine the Katakuriko with the small tablespoon and a half of water.
• When the sauce starts to boil, add the mixture in the cup to it, mix and remove from heat.
• Grill the dango slightly and add the sauce to taste.
• YUM! Anime-licous!

KUSHI DANGO

Steps:

• Put the cup of rice flour in a bowl and add warm water.
• Mix, then knead the dough well. If it's too wet, add more rice flour.
• The dough is done when it reaches an even, smooth texture. It won't become as stretchy as dough made with wheat flour.
• Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of flour if the dough is too soft, or some water (doesn't have to be boiling) if too crumbly. It should be soft yet firm enough to hold it's shape, like playdough.
• Shape the dough into round dumplings.
• Play around with the sizes. I made some as small as a nickel and some almost as big as a golf ball.
• Grease the inside of your steamer with cooking spray, then place the dumplings inside, Place the balls at least an inch and a half away from each other. This stuff expands and sticks together in a bad way if you're not careful.
• Steam them on high heat for 10 minutes.
• Then take them out and put them on a rice-floured cutting board to cool down.
• These things are sticky, so you don't want to leave out the cooking spray or the flour on the cutting board, trust me!
• When they're cooled, skewer them, three to four per stick.
• To make the sauce, mix the water, ,mirin, sugar, and soy sauce in a pan, dissolving all the sugar, then cover and heat it on medium heat.
• While that's warming up, mix the water and potato starch in a separate cup.
• When the sauce boils, add the starch-water and mix quickly. The stuff will thicken up fast!
• Slightly grill the skewered dumplings, then brush or spoon the sauce over them.
• The dumplings are soft and chewy when fresh.
• Refrigerating or freezing them will make them hard and not-very-pleasant-textured, but you can always microwave them for a half minute on medium power to restore them to their chewy, yummy state.

SWEET DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok and add the sugar, coconut and bean paste. Fry for 4 minutes until the sugar has melted and the paste has a smooth texture. Continue to fry for a couple more minutes then leave aside to cool.
• In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff and add to the sieved plain flour and cornflour until a smooth batter is formed. Beat this mixture.
• Clean the wok and heat enough oil to fry the dumplings. With the bean paste mixture, you can make approx 10-12 even-sized balls. Dip these into the batter evenly and deep fry in the wok for 3-4 minutes until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper as you fry more.
• Dust with icing sugar before serving, or try using your favourite syrup. (I'm gunna try with chocolate when I get the chance!).

KUSHI-DANGO (SKEWERED SWEET DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Put rice flour in a bowl and add warm water.
• Knead the dough well.
• Make small round dumplings.
• Place the dumplings in a steamer and steam them on high heat for 10 minute
• Cool the dumplings and skewer them in bamboo sticks. (3-4 dumplings each stick.)
• Mix water, sugar, and soysauce in a pan and put it on medium heat.
• Mix the water and potatostarch in a cup and set aside.
• When the sauce boils, add the starch mixture and mix quickly.
• Slightly grill the skewered dumplings and brush the sauce over them.