Cómo Preparar Delicioso Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling)

Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling).

You can cook Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling)

1. You need 60 g of Joshinko (Rice Powder).
2. Prepare 60 g of Shitamako (Glutinous Rice Powder).
3. It’s 20 g of Sugar.
4. Prepare 80 ml of hot (but not boiling) water.

Tukimi Dango (Moon Viewing Dumpling) step by step

1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and pour in the water little by little while mixing with chopsticks or a fork. Do not pour in all at once as you may need to make sure of the consistency..
2. Once the water is mixed in, knead with your hands to get a "earlobe softness".
3. Roll into a rope one inch in width..
4. Divide the rope into 16.
5. Roll each portion into a ball.
6. Boil a pot of water and drop the balls in. Boil for 4 minutes.
7. Remove the balls from the pan and place it in a bowl of ice water to cool.
8. Once cooled take them out to dry.
9. Display the dumplings in a pyramid shape. There are 2 theories on how many dumplings to display. It is either 15, 13, or 12 or 13 (on a leap year).　If you are displaying 15, the 1st layer – 9 balls, 2nd layer – 4 balls and 3rd layer 2 balls..