Clover & Caterpillar - Jouyo Manju (Wagashi)

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Yu-Art Kichijoji

Clover & Caterpillar - Jouyo Manju (Wagashi)

This is a traditional Japanese sweet which is a bean paste ball wrapped with dough of grated Yamaimo & Jouyo-ko (rice flour). I made a four-leaf clover with four heart‐shaped Manju and tried to make a green caterpillar. Made heart shape Manju for a clover. They also can be sweets for St. Valentine's Day.

Ingredient

40 g

Grated Yamaimo （Yam)

80 g

Sugar

50-55

gJouyo-ko (fine rice flour)

100 g

Koshi-aｎ (Red beam jam)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Ingredients for 2 sets. Dived the Yamaimo and the sugar into 2 equal.

* Step 2

Add a half of sugar (40g) into a half of grated Yamaimo (20g). Mix them well. Add the another half of sugar (40g) into the another half of grated Yamaimo (20g). Add 1/4 tsp of Matcha. Mix them well.

* Step 3

* Step 4

Put the white Yamaimo mixture into 50-55g of "jouyo-ko (rice flour)". Mix them. Put the rice flour onto the yamaimo mixture and fold it. Take the dough out when a half of flour interblends into the dough.

* Step 5

Put the green Yamaimo mixture into the rest of "jouyo-ko (rice flour)". Mix them. Put the rice flour onto the yamaimo mixture and fold it.

* Step 6

Divide the each dough into 5, as using dusting flour. Extend a green dough into a circle as using dusting flour. Make the center thick. Wrap a bean jam ball with the dough.