Mango Mochi

Mochi is one of my favorite things to eat. There are endless ways to prepare and flavour mochi - only limited by your imagination (and stomach).
Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice. This Japanese glutinous rice delicacy is molded into shape just after pounding the rice. The sticky Mochi are a bit of a challenge to eat. Mochi forms the basis of many Japanese confections such as daifuku, which is mochi stuffed with sweet filling. So, this mochi filled with mangos, should it be daifuku??????? The chinese way to name a dish is simple, just name it from its ingredients - Glutinious Rice Balls With Mangos.

Ingredients:

2 cups glutinous rice flour

1/2 cup rice flour

1 tbsp santan powder

2 tbsp oil

2 cups hot water

1/2 cup Tang Mango Flavor

2 drops of mango essence

2 drops of yellow coloring

2 ripe mangoes (diced )

Dessicated coconut for coating

Method:

Mix glutinous rice flour, rice flour and santan powder into a big mixing bowl.

Dissolve Tang Mango Flavor powder with the hot water and add in the oil, mango essence and yellow coloring.

Pour this into the flour mixture and mix till smooth and well blended.

Microwave on high for one minute. Stir and continue to microwave, one minute at a time until mixture is translucent and cooked. (Cooking time depends on the wattage of your microwave)

Leave aside to cool.

For easy moulding of mochi, use plastic gloves and greased them with some oil.

Take a 30g piece of dough and flatten it into a round disc, wrap in as much mango cubes as desired. Seal the edges tightly and shape it into round balls.

Coat the shaped mochi with dessicated coconut.

Serve chilled.



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Happy Cancun Tan

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I am back after a week of leisure, real luxury leisure - lazed in the sunny beach and baked in the sun by the pool. Yes, baked, the family looked as tan as these breads above. That's all the baking and roasting i did for the week - tanned thighs and legs. We booked this trip to Cancun as it was track-off for Renee and despite of the scare in Mexico, we had great fun especially Renee and Alexander.

Ingredients:

Same as Tau Sar Bun

Method:

Divide dough into rounds or ovals.

Flatten the round/oval dough and using a round cookie cutter, cut the mouth and place the piece of cut-out dough for the nose - use egg-white to stick it on.

Using smaller cutters, cut the eyes and use them for ears.

Let dough proof to double the size, then glaze with egg-wash and decorate the hair and eye-brow with black sesame seeds, red colored sugar for cheeks and M&M for ear-rings. Be creative and have fun as there will be surprises and grins from the results.

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