Make Your Own Daifuku Mochi

Note: while there are multiple steps to this recipe, this mochi is broken down into workable categories to help you better plan for preparation and cooking.

Make the Filling

1. Gather the ingredients.

   

2. Heat 2/3 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar in a small pot.

   

3. Add 1/4 cup of anko powder and stir well.

   

4. Cool the anko filling.

   

5. Make 12 small anko balls and set aside.

   

Make the Mochi

1. Gather the ingredients.

   

2. Put shiratama-ko in a heat-resistant bowl.

   

3. Mix water and sugar in a separate small small bowl.

   

4. Gradually pour the water-sugar mixture into shiratama-ko, stirring well.

   

5. Put the bowl in microwave and heat the dough for about 2 minutes.

   

6. Stir the dough.

   

7. Heat the dough in the microwave again, until the dough inflates.

   

8. Stir the mochi quickly.

   

9. Dust a flat pan, as well as your hands, with some katakuri-ko starch. 

   

10. Remove the hot mochi from the bowl to the pan by hand. The mochi will be hot and sticky, so please be careful not to burn your hands.

    

11. Dust hands with more katakuri-ko starch and divide the mochi into 12 pieces by hands.

    

12. Make 12 flat and round mochi pieces.

    

13. Put a piece of the anko filling in the center of the mochi and wrap the anko by stretching mochi.

    

14. Round the daifuku.

    

15. Repeat the process to make more pieces.

    

16. Serve and enjoy!