Ikinari Dango

Name: Ikinari Dango
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 300 grams Japanese sweet potato; 1 tbsp per slice of sweet potato Macrobiotic anko paste; 130 grams White (cake) flour; 100 grams Mochko (brown rice mochi flour); 1 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil; 110 ml or more Lukewarm water

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This is a healthy macrobiotic version of a specialty from Kumamoto Prefecture.

The vegetable oil is used to prevent the mochi from hardening. In conventional recipes for these dango, sugar is used to prevent them from becoming stale. For those concerned about calorie intake, please omit the sugar. I use 30 g of dough per dango for large sweet potatoes, and 20 g for small sweet potatoes. Recipe by Ruruko

This is a healthy macrobiotic version of a specialty from Kumamoto Prefecture.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is a healthy macrobiotic version of a specialty from Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Ingredients

12 servings

300 gramsJapanese sweet potato
1 tbspper slice of sweet potato Macrobiotic anko paste
Mochi
130 gramsWhite (cake) flour
100 gramsMochko (brown rice mochi flour)
1 tspSalt
1 tbspVegetable oil
110 mlor more Lukewarm water

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Steps

1

Prepare the macrobiotic anko paste (Refer to. Mash to desired consistency.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/156109-macrobiotic-anko-sweet-adzuki-bean-paste

Macrobiotic: Anko (Sweet Adzuki Bean Paste)
2

To make the dough: Combine the cake flour, mochiko, and salt in a bowl, with a whisk until even. Mix in the vegetable oil.
3

Knead in lukewarm water, a little at a time, until the mochi reaches the firmness of your earlobes. Roll into a log, then let rest for 30 minutes.
4

Use sweet potatoes with a diameter of about 5 cm. Slice into 1 cm thin rounds, then soak in water.
5

Wipe excess water from the surface of the sweet potato slices, then top with 1 tablespoon anko paste for each slice.
6

Divide the dough into the number of sweet potato slices. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, then wrap the sweet potatoes with the anko side down.
7

Line the steamer with parchment paper, then steam for about 15-20 minutes until the sweet potatoes become soft.
8

They are sweet and delicious right out of the steamer. Be sure to leave ample space between the dango or else they will stick together.