Recipe: Perfect Uiro Wagashi with Grapes

Uiro Wagashi with Grapes. "Uiro" is a traditional Japanese cake from Komeko (rice flour). This recipe is for simple Wagashi which is a fresh grape wrapped with Uiro dough. This recipe is for simple Wagashi which is a fresh grape wrapped with Uiro dough.

Flavors include azuki bean paste, green tea (matcha), yuzu, strawberry and chestnut. This video shows you how to make Uiro (Sweet Rice Jelly) Uiro is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of flour and sugar. It's chewy like I already showed recipe of "Dough for Nerikiri-Wagashi (with wheat flour)". You can have Uiro Wagashi with Grapes using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Uiro Wagashi with Grapes

1. It's 25 g of Joushin-ko(Rice Flour).
2. You need 25 g of Sugar.
3. You need 30 ml of Water.
4. You need 6-7 of Grapes.
5. Prepare of Poteto starch or Cornstarch for dusting.
6. It's of Food colorings.

I like to use this Konashi for making Nerikiri Wagashi. Wagashi are traditional Japanese sweets that are usually made from natural, plant-based ingredients such as grains and azuki beans. The sweet treats are typically served with tea and are classified into three categories: namagashi (fresh confectionery), han namagashi (half-dry confectionery). Wagashi are traditional Japanese sweets that have been eaten in Japan for generations.

Uiro Wagashi with Grapes instructions

1. Ingredients.
2. Remove 6，7 grapes from the branch. Wash them and take the moisture of their surface..
3. Put 25g of sugar into a boul. Pour 30ml of water. Mix them..
4. Add 20g of Joshin-ko and mix them. Separate it into 2..
5. Colorize them, green and red..
6. Put them into a steamer..
7. Steam them for 7 min..
8. Knead the each dough with a wet bleached cotton cloth..
9. Sprinkle potato starch on a tray. Wrap a grape with 2 different colored Uiro doughs as getting the hands wet. Sprinkle potato starch over them and cover them with it with dry hands. Blush off the potato starch..

Japan has many varieties of wagashi. Uiro comes in many flavors, such as green tea and azuki red bean, and can even contain chestnuts. The springy texture and the faintly sweet scent are what gives uiro its. Wagashi (和菓子, wa-gashi) are traditional Japanese confections that are often served with green tea, especially the types made of mochi, anko (azuki bean paste) and fruits. Wagashi are typically made from plant-based ingredients.