Name: Hanami Dango Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 100 g silken soft tofu; ¾ cup glutinous rice flour; ¼ cup white sugar; ¼ tsp strawberry powder; ¼ tsp matcha powder

Hanami Dango Recipe

Cathe Beattie Modified: November 12, 2023

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How To Make Hanami Dango

Treat yourself to this chewy hanami dango, made with glutinous rice & silken soft tofu, for soft Japanese sweetened rice balls on a skewer.

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 20 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

100 g silken soft tofu, (½ block)
¾ cup glutinous rice flour
¼ cup white sugar
¼ tsp strawberry powder, optional
¼ tsp matcha powder, optional

Instructions

Weigh the rice flour, silken tofu, and sugar and then add into a large bowl. Mix well by hands. Using a kneading motion until a dough forms.
Divide the dough into 3 equal parts.
Sift in the strawberry powder into one portion of the dough and knead until it forms a uniform pink colour.
Sift in the matcha powder into another portion of the dough and knead well until it turns green.
Divide each ball of dough into 5 to 6 balls.
Bring a pot of water to a boil and add in the dango balls. Leave the dango balls to cook. Remove the dango balls when they rise to the top of the water. Scoop them out using a strainer ladle and place into a bowl of ice cold water to stop them from cooking further.
Add 1 green dango ball onto a skewer. Follow with 1 white and 1 pink dango ball. Repeat for all 5 to 6 skewers then enjoy!