rice - flour dumplings with matcha jelly

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• u.s.

ingredients:

• 50 g rice flour
• 2 teaspoons matcha powder
• 3/4 teaspoon gelatin
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 140 ml hot water
• 850 ml water

step 1:

Place the matcha powder in a bowl. Pour 20 ml of the hot water into the bowl and stir until the matcha powder is dissolved.

step 2:

Add the remaining 120 ml hot water and mix. Add the gelatin and 2 tablespoons sugar and mix about 30 seconds until everything is completely dissolved. Let this mixture cool down for 20 minutes. Chill for 4 hours in the refrigerator.

step 3:

Put the rice flour and 1 tablespoon sugar in a bowl and little by little mix in 40 to 50 ml of the water (follow the cooking instructions on the bag). Form into 10 (2-cm) balls.

step 4:

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

step 5:

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

step 6:

Break up the matcha jelly with a fork and serve over the balls.