Archive for July, 2008
Chizukeki Chichi Dango
Posted by TwiRp | Filed under Cooking, Desserts, Food, Japanese
I guess I just don’t like Dangos or something, but I decided to try to make some today. They were good, but not the best. When it comes to Japanese snacks or desserts, they don’t seem to charm my tastebuds as well as desserts from other cultures (which I will share another sometime this week). I saw this recipe on the anime blog and decided to try it. For those of you who don’t know, my specialties for desserts are usually cakes and chocolates. So I prefer things rich in flavor and calories… The ingredients looked like they’d provide flavor. After letting them cool fully, the flavor is there, just not as much as I would like. I did however find that it was good when served with toasted coconut or with a strawberry glaze on top. The ingredients and directions are on their blog post, so I’ll just share some of the photos I took.
These are all the ingredients you need. One of the changes I might make is substituting in condensed milk or coconut milk for the water. I also might try dusting with powdered sugar instead of cornstarch mainly because I have a very sweet tooth.
I’d also top it with something when I eat it. I used coconut and a strawberry glaze, but some fresh fruit might be better.
I think my main problem is I have problems with things with rice flour if it’s not a way I’m used to preparing it. This is the first time with cream cheese, which tastes a bit foreign to me. But it wasn’t as foreign as one of the things with green tea in it, but that provided a richer flavor.
Anyways, I’ll tinker with their recipe later and go more in depth then. Rachel, for the anime blog, says that it tastes better with time. I’ve been slowly testing it as time goes by and it does. I’m just not patient when it comes to food… At least I know how to use more than a microwave unlike someone else in my house :P As always, there are more pictures in the gallery.