ingredients:

• 12 ounces sweet bean paste (smooth type)
• 12 strawberries
• 1.5 cups shiratamako (glutinous rice flour)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• potato/corn starch

directions:

• spoon 1 oz bean paste into hand and wrap around strawberry
• make mochi: combine shiratamako, 1 cup water, sugar and mix. cover and microwave for 3 min. mix well.
• sprinkle tabletop with starch to avoid sticking and mix mochi before dividing into 12 pieces
• stretch mochi to very thin (1/2 cm thick) round shape and wrap bean strawberry