Matcha Daifuku with Strawberry

WAGASHI(Japanese Sweets) is also something we want but cannot find easily in Spain.

If we get intense cravings for ANKO(red/white bean paste), we can go to a convenience store, grab KUSHIDANGO or DORAYAKI and satisfy it even in the middle of the night if we are in Japan, but not in Spain.
（Speaking which, one day it happened to me, so I called my brother who was on his way home and asked to buy something with ANKO, then what I received was... A CAN of TSUBUAN! TSUBUAN is ANKO itself, then if I say I want to eat ANKO, TSUBUAN can be the one but couldn't he find anything else, like, as I said, KUSHIDANGO or DORAYAKI??? Anyway I ate it...)

Last year a take out Japanese food shop opened in my neighborhood and I was informed that they were selling DAIFUKU, so I ran into the shop and bought one! But the one I got was something cheapie and flozen like those we would get at souvenir shop at country side.

So if we want, we have to make it!

Using SHIRATAMAKO(rice flour) I bought in JAPAN, I made Matcha Daifuku with Strawberry.

As I had SHIROAN(white bean paste), I added Matcha and made Matcha AN, which had beautiful colour and good smell.
I prepared Japanese tea and enjoyed a happy Tea Time♪

Photo provided by The Matcha House

＜Recipe＞

SHIRATAMAKO　  150ｇ
Water           　　　  　 180ｇ
Sugar                　　  　  70ｇ

SHIROAN     　　 　   200ｇ
Matcha 　　　                   2 tea spoons（mix with 1 tea spoon of water）
Strawberry    　　　           8
Potato starch

1.　Mix SHIROAN and Matcha dissolved with water and cover each strawberry by this Matcha AN.
2.　Mix SHIRATAMAKO, sugar and water in the bowl.
3.　Cover the bowl with film and microwave 600W for 2 minutes and mix it well with wooden spatula. (Repeat 3 times)
4.　Once Mochi(rice cake) is transparent and done, take it out in the tray in which you place potato starch.
5.　Extend Mochi pushing with hand, cut it into 8 pieces, place a strawberry with AN and cover it with Mochi.

Bon profit!!!