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.
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!
