Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal

Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal.

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

Ingredients of Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal

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

Wagashi Shaped Like Shirotan the Seal step by step

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....