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Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal.

You can cook Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal using 5 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal

1. Prepare 100 grams of White sweetened bean paste.
2. Prepare 7 grams of White flour.
3. It's 2 grams of Mochiko.
4. You need 5 grams of Sugar.
5. Prepare 1 dash of Ground black sesame seeds.

Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal instructions

1. Put the shiro-an white bean paste in a bowl, then add sifted flour, mochiko, and sugar..
2. Mix it all together until the dough is formed..
3. Break the dough into five portions and steam in a steamer for about 25 minutes. They'll expand once steamed..
4. Knead the dough all together again in a tightly wrung out wet kitchen towel for about ten minutes. The dough will be hot, so be careful! When it doesn't feel sticky and has a mochi-like consistency, it's ready!.
5. While they're still a little warm, mold into Shiro-tan shapes. For the tail, it'll look best if you press the end down firmly, then cut a part the end with kitchen scissors. They're still missing their faces, though!.
6. Dab a little black sesame paste on a plate, and draw the face with a toothpick. Wow! Doesn't he look so happy to be held?.
7. They're so cute! How am I supposed to eat them....
8. Look, they're having a meeting... "Watch out, she's going to eat us!".
9. By the way, these are some actual Shiro-tan stuffed animals. They're about 1 meter long....