Sakuramochi 
It is the Dolls’ Festival, which is held on the 3rd of March in Japan.
If your family includes girls, you would have a celebration with your family for the girls on this day.
In Japan, we display the 'Hina' dolls in our house, then we pray for the girls
to grow up in good health.
The most popular things for the day are eating ‘Sakuramochi’ or ‘Hina arare’, or drinking ‘Shirosake’.
This time I’m going to show you how to make 'Sakuramochi',
which is a sweet dessert especially for the Doll’s Festival in Japan.
The dessert's colour is pink and is made with cherry leaves.
'Sakura' means cherry tree in Japanese, and the pink colour comes from cherry blossom.
Ingredients (for 6 servings):
Flour 40g
Refined rice flour( called 'Shiratamako' ) 20g
Water 130ml
Sugar 2 tbsp
Food red colouring (in minute amounts)
Sweet red-bean paste ( called 'Koshian' ) 150g
Cherry leaves (pickled) 6 leaves
The picture is a refined rice flour bag, sweet red-bean paste and food red colouring.
Recipe:
① Mix the refined rice flour and water well, then add the flour and sugar and mix all of them with a whisk gently.
② Leave the mixture for 30 mins. After 30 mins put the food red colouring in it, then mix.
③ Roll 6 balls of the sweet red-bean paste.
④ Remove the salt from the pickled cherry leaves by soaking them in water for one hour.
⑤ Fry the dough in the frying pan on both sides, making 6 sheets.
⑥ Roll the sweet red-bean paste ball with the fried dough and then roll them with a cherry leaf.
⑦ Enjoy!
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the cherry leaves
Refer to the page
HYPERLINK Recipe
It is the Dolls’ Festival, which is held on the 3rd of March in Japan.
If your family includes girls, you would have a celebration with your family for the girls on this day.
In Japan, we display the 'Hina' dolls in our house, then we pray for the girls
to grow up in good health.
The most popular things for the day are eating ‘Sakuramochi’ or ‘Hina arare’, or drinking ‘Shirosake’.
This time I’m going to show you how to make 'Sakuramochi',
which is a sweet dessert especially for the Doll’s Festival in Japan.
The dessert's colour is pink and is made with cherry leaves.
'Sakura' means cherry tree in Japanese, and the pink colour comes from cherry blossom.
Ingredients (for 6 servings): Flour 40g
Refined rice flour( called 'Shiratamako' ) 20g
Water 130ml
Sugar 2 tbsp
Food red colouring (in minute amounts)
Sweet red-bean paste ( called 'Koshian' ) 150g
Cherry leaves (pickled) 6 leaves
The picture is a refined rice flour bag, sweet red-bean paste and food red colouring.
Recipe: ① Mix the refined rice flour and water well, then add the flour and sugar and mix all of them with a whisk gently.
② Leave the mixture for 30 mins. After 30 mins put the food red colouring in it, then mix.
③ Roll 6 balls of the sweet red-bean paste.
④ Remove the salt from the pickled cherry leaves by soaking them in water for one hour.
⑤ Fry the dough in the frying pan on both sides, making 6 sheets.
⑥ Roll the sweet red-bean paste ball with the fried dough and then roll them with a cherry leaf.
⑦ Enjoy!
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the cherry leaves
Refer to the page
HYPERLINK Recipe
