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White Java Sparrow - Jouyo Manju (Wagashi)

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Chef :

Yu-Art Kichijoji

White Java Sparrow - 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 white Java sparrows with this ingredient. Java birds were very popular as companion birds in the Showa era.

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Ingredients for 10 pieces. *Grated Yam 40g = 10g Yam powder + 30ml Water
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* Step 2

Utensils
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* Step 3

Make dough. Add the sugar into the grated Yamaimo. Mix them. Put the Yamaimo mixture into the jouyo-ko(rice flower).
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* Step 4

Put the jouyo-ko(rice flower) onto the yamaimo mixture and fold it. Mix them until the dough becomes like "squeezing an earlobe". Divide the dough into 10.
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* Step 5

Wrap a beam jam ball with the dough.
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* Step 6

Make it oval. Make a head with chopsticks. Make a beak and a tail.
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* Step 7

Paint a beak. Put eyes.
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* Step 8

Put them in a steamer and spray water over them.
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* Step 9

Steam them for 8minuites.
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* Step 10

Then cool them down (with a cotton clothes cover not to get dry).
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