dumplings with mashed sweetened red bean paste

ingredients:

• 80 g mashed sweetened
• red bean paste (anko)
• 70 g rice flour
• 60 ml 40 °C hot water
• 800 ml water for boiling
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 wood skewers (15-cm.)

step 1:

Put the rice flour and sugar in a bowl and, little by little, mix in the 60 ml hot water (follow the cooking instructions on the bag). Form into 8 (about 3-cm) dumpling balls.

step 2:

Pour the 800 ml of water into a pan. Bring to a boil and add the dumpling balls.　When they float back up to the top of the pan, continue boiling them for 1 minute.

step 3:

Remove the dumplings from the pan and place into a bowl of cold water for a few minutes. Remove from the water.

step 4:

Insert a 15-cm. wood skewer through 4 balls to form one anko dango. Repeat.

step 5:

Spread the mashed sweetened red bean paste over the dumplings.