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Shiratama Dango 白玉団子

Looking for a delicious and authentic Japanese dessert? You should give this shiratama dango a try! This sweet treat is made with rice flour, silken tofu, rose coloring, condensed milk, and goji berries. It's simple to make and can be ready in under 30 minutes. Plus, the dango filling is customizable so you can put your own spin on it!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 304 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

  • 200 g Rice glutinous flour you can get this from the shop sold as Shiratamako
  • 200 g silken tofu
  • 1 drop rose colouring
  • 1 cup condensed milk
  • 1/2 tbsp goji berries to garnish

Instructions

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  1. Place the rice flour and tofu in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Mix them together and knead until the flour and tofu has mixed well and formed a soft dough.
  3. Divide the dough into two and drop one rose/pink food colouring on one and knead into the half dough to make it a pink colour.
  4. Roll out each dough into a long cylinder shape and cut them to 24 pieces each of white and pink dough.
  5. Shape them into 48 round dango.
  6. Boil water in a large pot and add the white dango. When they float to the surface of the boiling water, it is cooked.
  7. Scoop out the flouting dango and put them into an another bowl filled with cold water.
  8. Repeat the same for the pink dough.
  9. Drain the water and serve 8 dango each.
  10. Pour condensed milk over the top and garnish with goji berries.

Notes

  • Shiratamako and Glutinous rice flour are both made of sticky rice but the process is different so you can use either but I used shiratamako 

Nutrition Information

Calories 304kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 55g (18%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 3g (15%) Cholesterol 17mg (6%) Sodium 66mg (3%) Potassium 274mg (8%) Sugar 28g (56%) Vitamin A 135IU (3%) Vitamin C 1.3mg (1%) Calcium 159mg (16%) Iron 0.5mg (3%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 304

% Daily Value*

Calories 304kcal 15%
Carbohydrates 55g 18%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 17mg 6%
Sodium 66mg 3%
Potassium 274mg 6%
Sugar 28g 56%
Vitamin A 135IU 3%
Vitamin C 1.3mg 1%
Calcium 159mg 16%
Iron 0.5mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.