Azuki Shiratama

Description

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Azuki Shiratama

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cup shiratama-ko (glutinous rice flour)
  
• 1/2 - 2/3 cup water
  
• 1 1/2 cup anko

Procedures

• Put shiratama-ko in a bowl.
• Add water slowly until the dough becomes as soft as earlobes.
• Knead the dough. Make small oval-shaped dumplings.
• Boil water in a large pan and add the dumplings.
• Boil the dumplings until the float.
• Remove the dumplings and cool in cold water.
• Drain the water and serve dumplings in individual plates and put anko (sweet azuki beans) on the top.