Whoa dessert this time! thanks for posting this recipe; I love red bean mochi, but since they're so big I can rarely eat more than one-two and the rest gets spoiled. With this I can make just enough or smaller ones, will try them for bento too!

This makes it to the front page, but not my penis festival piece? For shame, Japanator. For shame.

I jest with you.

Nice job, Totsu. This is nom nomz.

Thanks for the step by step instruction
*runs off to asian shop for supplies*

this is pretty advanced stuff. thanks for sharing :o

Sounds good, I'm actually not a big fan of daifuku in general but I got a family who loves the stuff, so at least now I know what to cook for them for dessert.

Can we use corn starch instead of potato starch?

I like Daifuku!! Since Hinamatsuri is coming soon, this is a good recipe for it! I want to add a hit of color to the dough like Hishimochi (white, pink and green (not too much though)). That would be cute:) Thinking about putting some nuts: Walnuts or chestnuts. I think walnuts should be easier. This recipe looks very quick and easy to make! This saves my time!! Yay! Thank you!

beautiful - i think this is a bit high-level for first timers out there, but you nailed it as far as instruction goes

It's simple but a little advanced. Mainly you can play with this without little harm to anything important in the kitchen. Plus you don't need much in ingredients. So you can try as much as you like.

@Irothtin
You can but it will be up to if you like the flavor of the corn starch.

omfg I love daifuku! I gotta make this!

I wonder if powdered sugar would also work in lieu of potato starch...

I have a few questions because my attempt at this did not go too well, haha.

First time around, I put in the water, sugar, and flour exactly how you say to. But I didn't get the texture you did in your pictures. I got more of a.... pancake batter? I put that in the microwave and after a minute thirty seconds, it started getting curiously hard, almost like old playdough. I was able to get a bit that was only a tiny bit hard and then mixed it up and got a sort of dough, but when I tried putting in my filling, it didn't go too well as it was like playing with lumpy playdough. After I was done, I bit into it, and it tasted pretty good. Nice and sweet, but after a few chews, it started getting hard to chew so I spit it out.

So, a few questions: what power level do you have to set the microwave on? My microwave is probably different from yours, so I may be doing it a bit wrong. What kind of texture is it supposed to have once you mix together the first ingredients, because like I said, I got a batter, not a dough.

Ugh, failure..... ; ^;

The microwave that I cook with is always on high. (1100 watts) The first time you mix the ingredients, it should have a thick grits type of texture. It will seem lumpy but will hold together. Try using a 1/2 cup of water to start and add a splash of water till you get the right consistency. Also the second time in the microwave, did it expand? It should expand to almost double the size the second time around in the microwave. The mixture will fall back down after you open the door. After that the dough should be really sticky. It will feel a little like playdoe when you start playing with it, but it should look more like a gel.

Hope this help. Let me know. :)

Convienient I saw this before going to the shops, quite tempted to give this a shot if the mini-tescos has everything in.