rice coated with sweetened red bean paste

ingredients:

• 150 g glutinous rice
• or regular rice
• 320 g mashed sweetened red
• bean paste (anko)
• 160 ml water (if using glutinous rice) or 200 ml (if using regular rice)

step 1:

Wash the rice. Drain the water and leave the rice in the colander 1 hour to completely remove all the water. Add the 160 ml or 200 ml water to the rice cooker pot. Switch on the rice cooker.

step 2:

After it's cooked, put the hot steamed rice into a large bowl. Mash it until reaches coarse texture.

step 3:

Form into 8 barrel-shaped patties.

step 4:

Place the mashed sweetened red bean paste in a bowl or saucer. Coat the rice patties well with the mashed sweetened red bean paste.