Daifuku (Mochi)

Ingredients:-

Red bean paste
100g glutinous rice flour (for best result, use Jap Glutinous Rice Flour)
180cc water
50g sugar
Corn flour for dust


Method:-

1) Roll red bean paste into balls weighing about 8g each.
2) In a glass bowl, put glutinous rice flour + water mix well to paste, then add sugar and mix till dissolved.
3) Cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes. It will be half cook remove and stir well. Cover and return to microwave for 30 sec, stir well (you may need to repeat this step for few time due to heat of individual microwave but each heating should not be more then 30 second at a time or you will over cook or burn it).
4) Use plastic wrap over the chopping board. Sprinkle some corn flour on top.
5) Cut enough dough to wrap round the red bean balls. Give a twist to seal/get rid of excess dough. Gentely press down to flaten a little.


[adapted recipe from Kitchen Capers by hugbear]