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“Is
it really possible to make Daifuku cakes this easily?”
is what you’ll say when you make these. Made
from 100% glutinous millet grain, this is a very Japanese
sweet that is great for kids. (‘Daifuku’
[big happiness] are usually a cake made with red bean
jam encased in soft glutinous rice.)
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Millet Daifuku Cakes (serves 8)
Ingredients
6
glutinous millet cakes, 1 pack boiled azuki (red)
beans, appropriate amount of maple sugar to your taste,
a pinch of salt, appropriate amount of
katakuriko flour.
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1) Place the boiled azuki beans, the
maple sugar and salt in a saucepan and heat until the
moisture evaporates.
2) When 1) has cooled, separate into 8 equal portions
and roll into balls.
3) Warm the square and flat millet cakes in lukewarm
water, and when soft, remove and place in a bowl. Dip
the end of a rolling pin in water and pound the millet
cakes into one big cake.
4) Rinse your hands with water and separate 3) into
8 equal portions, flatten each out into a round shape,
wrap the bean jam from 2) into each of them, powder
the surface of each with the
katakuriko flour, squeeze the opening together to
make a ball.
5) Eat while still soft.
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[Made with the following vegetarian ingredients]
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100% made in Japan millet cakes
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Maple sugar
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Japanese boiled azuki beans
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Christmas Island salt
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Hokkaido contract grown katakuriko starch
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[Staff comment]
An extravagant Daifuku cake that allows you to get the
full taste of the millet.
The slightly bitter taste of the glutinous millet makes
it feel so good for the body!
So delicious, I want to eat these Daifuku cakes every
day!
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