How to make simple delicious Taiwanese taro mochi cake

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Prepare
5 Minutes Processing
30 Minutes For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making taro mochi

• 300g taro filling
• 100g glutinous rice flour
• 30g sugar
• 25g cornstarch
• 5g tapioca flour
• 170ml fresh milk with sugar (Or fresh milk without sugar is fine)
• 15ml cooking oil
• 5g salt
• Food purple

Ingredients for making taro mochi

Good tip
Good tips to choose to buy delicious taro

Choose the round tubers, the outer skin is more rough, many eyes of the potato, the taste will be more delicious and fleshy.
Do not choose the tubers with smooth outer skin, few potato eyes and feel heavy when holding because these tubers hold a lot of water, not fragrant, pale taste.

Where to buy food coloring
You can buy it at supermarkets, department stores or reputable e-commerce sites.

How to make taro mochi

Step 1Mix the flour

First, you put in a bowl 100gr glutinous rice flour, 30gr sugar, 25gr cornstarch, 5g salt, mix well. After that, 170ml of fresh milk is divided into 2 parts, slowly pour in, stir until the flour mixture is mixed, then let the dough rest for about 5 minutes before steaming .

Flour making process

Step 2Steam and knead the dough mixture

Next, you pour the flour mixture in step 1 into the mold and steam it for about 15 minutes . After steaming, add 15ml of cooking oil , use a flat spatula to knead well.

Knead mochi dough

Step 3Coloring the mochi crust

First, you sprinkle some tapioca flour on the cutting board , apply it evenly, then pour out the cake batter in the mold and spread it evenly. Next, you add the food purple color , knead well with your hands for about 10 minutes so that the dough is really flexible and has an even purple color.

Create purple for the crust

Step 4Molded cake

You mold 300gr of taro filling into 10 balls, each about 30g and divide the dough in step 3 into 10 equal parts. Then, you spread the dough thin, then put the taro filling in the middle, pull the 4 corners of the cake to cover the filling .

Next, you use your hands to round the cake, apply a little more flour to prevent the cake from sticking together and you do the same for the remaining cakes.

Finally, you put the taro mochi on a plate and can enjoy.

The process of making taro mochi cakes

Finished product

Taro mochi is a cake with a great combination of ingredients. You can feel the light sweetness from the cakes, the toughness of the crust and the eye-catching colors.

Taro mochi is delicious

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