Easter Rabbits and Eggs- Jouyo Manju (Wagashi)

Ingredients for 10 pieces. *Grated Yam 40g = 10g Yam powder + 30ml Water

Utensils

Make dough. Add the sugar into the grated Yamaimo. Mix them. Put the Yamaimo mixture into the jouyo-ko(rice flower).

Put the jouyo-ko(rice flower) onto the yamaimo mixture and fold it. Mix them until the dough becomes like "squeezing an earlobe". Divide the dough into 10.

Wrap a beam jam ball with the dough.

Make it oval. Do same things to make 10 oval buns.

Make Rabbits. Make a head with chopsticks.

Make ears.

Make ears.　Do the same thing (No.7-No.9) and make 6 Rabbits. Leave 4 for eggs.

Dissolve the blue food coloring with in a little water. Paint a rabbit's nose. Dissolve the blue food coloring, the purple food coloring and a little Jouyo-ko (rice flour) in a little water. Put rabbit's eyes.

Decorate the 4 oval buns like Easter eggs.

Put them in a steamer and spray water over them.

Steam them for 8minuites.

Then cool them down (with a cotton clothes cover not to get dry).