Recipe for Sweet potato matcha green tea mochi
Matcha green tea mochi with sweet potatoes filling, these cute Japanese dessert will surely be a treat for every one.
Servings 16
Ingredients
Green tea mochi skin
- 200 grams glutinous rice flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 5 Tbsp warm water
- 1/2 Tbsp matcha green tea
Sweet potato filling
- 2 small sweet potato or 1 large any color
- 60 grams glutinous rice flour
- 60 grams sugar
- 3 Tbsp warm water
- 1 Tbsp honey
Coating
- Corn starch sesame seeds or coconut flake
- Food markers
Instructions
Sweet potatoes filling
- Steam, boil or bake sweet potatoes.
- While they're still hot, remove skin and smash with a fork.
- Add in glutinous rice flour, sugar and remaining filling ingredients.
- Knead them good, add more water if needed. Knead and roll into long dough roll. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent drying.
Green tea mochi
- Combine all ingredients except water to make green tea mochi skin into a large container.
- Mix them good before slowly adding warm water.
- Mix into dough, add more water if needed.
Rolling
- Divide both the filling and skin into 16 equal parts.
- Dust your work area with corn starch, then roll each part into ball shape.
- Put 1 filling ball into 1 skin part, then pinch to close.
- Space them apart on your steamer, and steam for 15 minutes or bring a pot of water to boil and steam the.
- Scoop the steamed mochi out, and coat them with cornstarch, sesame seeds or coconut flake or your favorite sprinkles.
- Decorate with color food markers