Shiratama Dango Fruit Punch Recipe

Shiratama-dango (白玉団子) is a traditional Japanese dumpling made from glutinous rice flour and water. This shiratama-dango fruit punch recipe uses dumplings and mixes them with various fruits. This results in a healthy and delicious dessert. This recipe is easy and can be customized depending upon the types of fruit that you have at home. I hope you enjoy this fruity, light, and healthy dessert! Please let me know in the comments what you think of this recipe.

In this Shiratama Dango Fruit Punch Recipe I use strawberries and oranges to make a natural food coloring for the shiratama-dango. In this recipe, I will teach you how to use strawberries and oranges for food coloring. However, it is definitely easier to use food coloring! If you prefer an easier recipe, please use food coloring instead for coloring the dumplings.

The ingredients needed for shiratama-dango are easy. All you need is glutinous rice powder (mochiko), fruit, and sprite! You may also use other types of soda. You can also add sugar to the shiraif you prefer sweeter shiratama-dango

Tips on How to Make Shiratama-Dango Fruit Punch

• Slowly add water to the glutinous rice flour until it is the same consistency as your ear lobe.
• You can find glutinous rice flour or mochiko at your local asian grocery store.
• Dimpling the middle of the shiratama-dango will allow the center to heat up faster in the boiling water.
• Add sugar to the glutinous rice flour if you prefer a sweeter dessert.
• If you don’t have a blender available for the strawberries, they can be crushed with your fingers.
• You can use food coloring instead of blended strawberries and oranges for coloring. This makes the recipe even easier.
• Have your kids help roll the and dimple the shiratama dango. It’s fun!
• It’s best to eat this shiratama-dango fruit punch quickly because the dango can harden after a couple of days.

Shiratama-Dango Fruit Punch Recipe

Shiratama-Dango fruit punch is a dessert filled with fruit such as oranges, kiwis, and strawberries and shiratama-dango. The shiratama-dango is a sweet and chewy Japanese dumpling.

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Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 90 g Glutinous Rice Flour
• 1 Orange
• 1 Kiwi
• 6 Strawberries
• 1 Banana
• 2 cups Sprite soda

Instructions

 

Fruit Preparation (the blended fruit juice will be used for coloring the shiratama-dango)

• Peel half an orange and remove hulls from 3 strawberries.
• Blend the orange slices in a blender. (Add a small amount of water if needed)
• Remove the orange from the blender and pour into a bowl to make an orange liquid.
• Blend the strawberries in a blender. (Add a small amount of water if needed)
• Remove the strawberry from the blender and pour into a bowl to make a red liquid.

Shiratama-Dango

• Plain Shiratama-Dango: Slowly add water to 30 grams of the glutinous rice flour while mixing. When the mixture is the same squishiness as your earlobes, stop adding water.
• Red Shiratama-Dango: In a separate bowl, slowly add water to 30 grams of glutinous rice flour while mixing. Mix in the red strawberry juice to dye the flour reddish – pink.
  
• Orange Shiratama-Dango: In a separate bowl, slowly add water to 30 grams of glutinous rice flour while mixing. Mix in the orange juice to dye the flour orangish-yellow.
• Take a small amount of dough and roll it into a ~2 cm ball.
  
• Boil some water in a pot.
• After boiling, add the shiratama-dango into the pot.
• When the balls begin to float, remove the shiratama-dango balls and place into an ice bath.
  

Fruit Punch

• Peel the remaining half orange and remove the hulls from the remaining 3 strawberries.
• Cut the strawberries, oranges, bananas, and kiwis into bite-size slices.
• Add the fruit and shiratama-dango into a large bowl. Pour 2 cups of sprite into the bowl to finish the shiratama-dango fruit punch!
  

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Keyword Banana, Dango, Dessert, fruit, Orange, Shiratama, Strawberry