Daifuku

Soft, chewy mochi cakes filled with sweet red bean paste and dusted with starch.

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Ingredients

• 150 g glutinous rice flour
• 200 g sweet red bean paste
• Cornflour or potato starch, to dust
• 150 ml water
• 40 g sugar

How to make Daifuku

1. Mix the flour, sugar and water and microwave or steam, stirring, until translucent and stretchy.
2. Dust with starch and divide.
3. Flatten each piece, wrap around a ball of red bean paste and pinch closed.