Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sakura mochi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sakura Mochi is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Sakura Mochi is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have sakura mochi using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sakura Mochi:

1. Prepare 360 ml Mochi rice
2. Get 16 Sakura leaves preserved in salt
3. Get 2 tbsp Sugar
4. Prepare 1 Red food colouring
5. Take 350 grams Store-bought azuki bean paste

Steps to make Sakura Mochi:

1. If the store-bought anko has a lot of liquid, boil it off in a saucepan. Divide the paste into 16 equal pieces and shape into balls.
2. Rinse 2 cups of mochi rice and drain in a sieve.
3. Put the sugar in a bowl and mix with a tiny amount of red food colouring.
4. Put the mochi rice in the rice cooker along with 360 ml water and the sugar and food colouring mixture from Step 3. Mix together and cook as normal.
5. Once cooked, mash the rice lightly with a rolling pin, etc.
6. Spread the rice out on a baking tray and divide into 16 equal pieces.
7. Place 1 part of the rice mixture on top of some cling film and flatten it out. Add a ball of the anko on top and wrap the rice to the center.
8. Wrap in a sakura leaf and they're ready.

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