Recipes Dango (Sweet Japanese Dessert) 4.5 (2) Add your rating & review 1 Photo A traditional sweet Japanese dessert (slightly Westernized). Recipe by karkar Published on April 20, 2018 Save Saved! View All Saved Items Rate Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Add Photo 1 Prep Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Additional Time: 1 mins Total Time: 41 mins Servings: 3 Yield: 3 bamboo skewers (9 dango) Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 (12 ounce) package silken tofu 1 cup rice flour, or as needed 2 drops red food coloring ½ teaspoon matcha green tea powder, or as needed 3 bamboo skewers Directions Combine tofu and rice flour in a bowl; mix together by hand until smooth and slightly elastic. Pull dough thinly to test consistency; if it feels like your earlobe, it's ready. Add water or more rice flour as needed. Separate dough into 3 equal parts. Add red food coloring to 1 portion; mix by hand to evenly distribute the color. Note that color will intensify once dango are boiled. Mix another portion of dough with green tea powder; leave the last portion white. Separate each portion of the dough into 3 equal parts; roll into balls to make the dango. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Drop dango into the pot and boil until they float to the top, 3 to 5 minutes. Continue boiling for 2 minutes more. Remove dango with a slotted spoon and place into a bowl of cold or room-temperature water for 1 minute until just warm to the touch. Thread them through skewers in order of your liking. The traditional order is green, white, and pink. Cook's Notes: You can replace the green tea powder with 4 drops of green food coloring or a mixture of 2 yellow drops and 2 blue drops. Other colors of dye may be used for differently colored dango. This is only one way of making plain dango. If you wish, you may fry them until slightly browned and cover in sugar or another sweetener. (This is usually done with white dango only.) I Made It Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 263 Calories 4g Fat 45g Carbs 11g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 3 Calories 263 % Daily Value * Total Fat 4g 5% Saturated Fat 1g 4% Sodium 40mg 2% Total Carbohydrate 45g 16% Dietary Fiber 1g 5% Total Sugars 2g Protein 11g Vitamin C 0mg 2% Calcium 42mg 3% Iron 1mg 8% Potassium 257mg 5% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. ** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data. (-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption. Powered by the ESHA Research Database © 2018, ESHA Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved