Strawberry Daifuku is a well known popular Japanese mochi sweet. Where sweet bean paste and strawberry is wrapped in the soft mochi outer layer.
I finally made the matcha version! Have been trying to refine my recipe earlier on. The wrapping of the mochi skin remains a little difficult for me but still manageable.
Now, how to make strawberry matcha daifuku sweets? Hope you will like my recipe below with step by step pictorial guide. Sorry for the lighting, took it late at night so it was a little dim.Â
Strawberry Matcha Daifuku Recipe
Here is how you can make your own homemade strawberry daifuku sweets! :)Â
*If you prefer anko filling instead of matcha bean paste (read bean paste), simply replace it with 200g of anko paste. (about 25g per daifuku)
*Daifuku mochi sweet is best eaten on the same day. Please store it in a cool, dry place. Dust the bottom of your container with flour before packing your daifuku sweets. Â
Ingredients
150g Shiratamako *Japanese glutinous rice flour
180ml water
20g sugar
2 tsp matcha powder (please use good quality green tea powder for better taste)
200g white sweet bean paste
8 whole strawberries (small size)
2 tsp of hot water (to be used to dissolve the matcha powder)
Potato starch
Method
1) Â In a bowl, dissolve the matcha powder with 2 tsp of hot water. Add the white bean paste the mix well until you get an even matcha bean paste.Â
2) Â Divide the matcha bean paste into 8 equal parts. You can use a weighing scale to assist in the measurements.
3) Â Flatten the bean paste into a round disc and wrap a strawberry fruit inside. Repeat for the remaining 7. Set aside
4) Â Add water to your shiratamako flour (Japanese glutinous rice flour)
5) Â Mix well with a wooden spatula. Add in the sugar and mix well.
6) Â Cook in the microwave at 500W for 2 mins, remove and mix well. Repeat and cook for another 2mins at 500W. Remove and mix well. Your mixture now will turn gooey and look translucent.Â
7) Â Spread a generous amount of potato starch on your worktop and transfer the cooked mochi dough. (Note, the mochi dough is extremely sticky, so be sure to use generous amount to potato starch).
8) Â Divide 1/8 of the mixture and spread it to a round disc. (dab on potato starch to reduce stickiness as you work).Â
9) Â Wrap the strawberry match bean paste filling. (Tip of the strawberry goes in first). Pinch the mochi dough at the bottom to seal it up.Â
10) Â Repeat for the remaining 7 pieces. Now you are done :) Hope you enjoy this recipe!
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March 26, 2014
Hi..where can I get the white sweet bean paste in kl?
March 27, 2014
*For shiro-an, I am not sure if it is available at KL but I do know that they are not available here in Singapore. However, an amazing blogger friend of mine, Evan from Evan’s Kitchen Ramblings have shared how you can make shiro-an. Check out her post here http://bossacafez.blogspot.sg/2011/07/shiro-japanese-white-bean-paste.html . Evan makes the most beautiful and amazing sweets and she is always so generous to share her tips!
March 26, 2014
This looks yummy. But where can I get the white sweet bean paste in kl?
March 27, 2014
*For shiro-an, it is not available here in Singapore but an amazing blogger friend of mine, Evan from Evan’s Kitchen Ramblings have shared how you can make shiro-an. Check out her post here http://bossacafez.blogspot.sg/2011/07/shiro-japanese-white-bean-paste.html . Evan makes the most beautiful and amazing sweets and she is always so generous to share her tips!
January 25, 2014
This looks superr delicious :)) may I ask where we can get white sweet bean paste in Singapore? :P
January 28, 2014
Let me check and I will let you know soon :)
March 27, 2014
*For shiro-an, it is not available here in Singapore but an amazing blogger friend of mine, Evan from Evan’s Kitchen Ramblings have shared how you can make shiro-an. Check out her post here http://bossacafez.blogspot.sg/2011/07/shiro-japanese-white-bean-paste.html . Evan makes the most beautiful and amazing sweets and she is always so generous to share her tips!
January 22, 2014
wow…must try one day!!! Thanks for sharing dear ^_^
January 22, 2014
Heheh thank you! Please try! its yummy!!
January 21, 2014
Looks super yummy!
January 22, 2014
Thank you! It was yummy!!!
January 21, 2014
It looks delicious! I will check if I can find the shiratamako and the white sweet bean paste in Spain, but I don’t think so…
January 22, 2014
Thank you so much Mayumi! I hope you can find them too. if not, you can replace shiratamako with glutinious rice flour (doesnt have be Japanese ones). I think they work fine too. As for the paste, if you can get Matcha paste ready made, thats good too. if not, you can wrap with red bean (anko/sweet bean paste) too.
January 21, 2014
I don’t have a microwave at home any other ways to do it? The Matcha ichigo daifuku looks super yummy!
January 22, 2014
Hi :) So sorry, the recipe I learnt from my Japanese friends all uses the microwave for daifuku. I tried searching online for you but all the others also uses the microwave. If I ever come across an alternative, I will update the post.