Hi everyone! Its been a while since I've posted anything, oh dear this blog is getting a little dead. I hope this recipe for high carb low fat vegan, pandan mochi with adzuki bean filling, makes up for the lack of posts.
I am so pleased with how these turned out! My first attempt to make mochi was messed up. I tried to wrap mango into fruit juice sweetened mochi. It didn't go well because the mango cubes were so so difficult to wrap! On my second attempt I made pandan mochi like the one shown in this recipe, but they were terrible on the eyes so I had to try a third time and finally the mochis (WHAT IS PLURAL FOR MOCHI) were up to my expectations :-) The texture and taste of these are so perfect! My mum who kept saying how she didn't like mochi wanted more after she tasted these gems. I couldn't resist having more than a piece, and no, I didn't feel guilty because these are really quite healthy.
Normally green coloured mochi are matcha/green tea flavoured but these are pandan flavoured because firstly I don't like green tea, and secondly pandan and red bean combine wonderfully together.
The red bean filling is sweetened with actual fruit not processed sugar so its healthier. I made extra red bean filling because it didn't make sense to spend over an hour boiling less than 1/3 cup of beans haha. You can actually use store bought red bean paste or used pre-cooked adzuki beans if you like. I also think making the paste and assembling the mochi on two separate days is a good idea (:
Also note:
Glutinous rice flour = Sweet rice flour = Mochiko
Red beans = Adzuki beans
