Sweet Dango

I have been hankering to do something different so when I came across this recipe on Just One Cookbook I thought I would give it a go. I changed a few things but if you want to try the orginal recipe as well then just click on the link :D

Ingredients

• 24 Bamboo skewers
• 100g Rice Flour
• 100g Glutinous Rice Flour
• 2 tsp. sugar
• ⅔ cup (150ml) warm water

Sweet Soy Sauce

• 5 Tsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp. Hosin Sauce
• 1 Tsp ground ginger
• 4 Tbsp. water
• 1 Tbsp. Arrow Root
• 1 Tbsp. water for dissolving arrow root

1. Combine both flours and sugar in a bowl (I would have added more sugar)
2. Stir in warm water a little bit a time and knead slowly and gently until the dough becomes smooth.
3. Roll the dough in your hands till you have 24 little balls. Gently place dango in the large pot of boiling water. 
4. The Dango will stay on the bottom of the pan for a bit but they will start to float to the surface of the water. Cook dango for 1 minute more. Remove from pot and transfer into ice water. 
5. Drain well and put three pieces into a bamboo skewer. 
6. On the stove top, heat a pan and brush with a little oil and grill on it).
7. For sauce, combine sugar, soy sauce, hosin, ginger and water in a saucepan. Stir occasionally and bring it to a boil. 
8. Once it boils, add the arrow root and water mixture to the sauce and make sure it dissolves well. After the sauce thickens, turn off the heat.
9. Place dango on a plate. Using a brush, coat with sweet soy sauce on dango. 

If you wanted to make different flavour dango, then add powder to the flour stage. I also made green tea ones. Next I would love to try a strong ginger type.