# Mitarashi Dango

A delicious sweet and savory rice dumpling from Japan.

- Servings: 8 servings
- Total time: 43 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 150 g silken tofu
- 100 g glutinous rice flour
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 1 tsp corn starch or potato starch
- 2.5 tbsp cold water

## Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine silken tofu with glutinous rice flour and mix until a dough forms.
2. After soaking some skewers, pinch off some dough and roll them into small bite-sized balls (around 18g each).
3. Add the balls to a pot of boiling water and cook until they float to the top. Then transfer them to a bowl of cold water.
4. In a saucepan, add sugar, soy sauce, mirin and bring to a boil before pouring in a slurry of potato starch and water. Mix until it gets thick.
5. Skewer the rice balls on the bamboo skewers.
6. Grill, use a blow torch, or pan-fry the rice balls before pouring the sauce over them.

## Equipment

- bowl
- wooden board
- bamboo skewers
- pot
- saucepan
- whisk
- small pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYE3UPB8/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7c8b6c79-e246-48a1-b3b6-c6ad8f6b1515
- Extracted: 2025-01-13

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