Learn How To Make The Japanese Dessert Wagashi

red bean paste

🥗Healthier: chickpea puree

💰Cheaper: homemade bean paste

Chickpea puree offers a similar texture with fewer calories.

sweet rice flour

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Almond flour adds flavor while being gluten-free.

matcha powder

🥗Healthier: green tea powder

💰Cheaper: regular tea leaves

Green tea powder provides a similar taste at a lower cost.

agar-agar

🥗Healthier: gelatin

💰Cheaper: cornstarch

Gelatin is easier to find and less expensive.

Knead sweet rice flour with water until smooth.

Add food coloring to the dough and knead until the color is uniform.

Flatten yellow dough and wrap pink dough around it to create depth of color.

Shape the dough into a disk.

Take rounded red bean paste filling and wrap it in the dough.

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