Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, daifuku mochi. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Daifuku Mochi is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Daifuku Mochi is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have daifuku mochi using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Daifuku Mochi:

1. Get 1 cup (220 g) Short Grain Glutinous Rice OR 220g Glutinous Rice Flour
2. Get 1 cup (250 ml) Water
3. Get 1 tablespoon Sugar
4. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
5. Prepare Potato Starch Flour to prevent Mochi to stick to hands
6. Make ready 150 g ‘Azuki’ Red Bean Paste

Instructions to make Daifuku Mochi:

1. *Note: If you can purchase Japanese Glutinous Rice Flour, often called ‘Shiratamako’, use 220g of it and skip Process 2-3. Thai Glutinous Rice Flour can be used
2. Wash Glutinous Rice and drain. Place in a bowl, add 1 cup Water and soak for 1-2 hours.
3. Place the soaked Glutinous Rice and Water into a blender, and add Sugar and Salt. Process until smooth and the texture is like thick cream. Transfer the mixture to a heat-proof bowl.
4. Alternatively, mix 220g Glutinous Rice Flour, 1 cup (250ml) Warm Water, Sugar and Salt in a heat-proof bowl.
5. Cover the bowl with a plate, heat in the microwave for 1 minute, stir well with a wet spatular, and heat 2 more minutes or until the mixture is cooked through. When the colour becomes slightly transparent (not white), it is cooked. - *IMPORTANT: As the mixture is very sticky, wet the spatular with hot water frequently and sprinkle some hot water over the mixture as you stir.
6. Spread plenty of Potato Starch on a large plate, using a wet spatular, take the thick and sticky ‘Mochi’ mixture onto the plate. Sprinkle extra Potato Starch Flour over the ‘Mochi’ as well. Set aside, because it is still too hot to handle.
7. Roll a heaped teaspoon of Azuki paste into a ball. Make 10 balls.
8. Remove excess Potato Starch from Mochi and divide into 10 portions.
9. Flatten one portion of ‘Mochi’ and place one ball of Azuki paste in centre and draw the edges up to enclose. Repeat with the remaining ‘Mochi’ and Azuki paste.

Foods That Make Your Mood Better

Many of us have been trained to think that comfort foods are not good and should be avoided. Often, if your comfort food is made of candy or other junk foods, this holds true. Other times, comfort foods can be very nutritious and good for us to consume. There are a number of foods that really can improve your moods when you consume them. If you seem to feel a little bit down and you’re in need of a happiness pick me up, try a couple of these.

Eggs, would you believe, are fantastic for helping you battle depression. Just see to it that you don’t toss out the yolk. The yolk is the most essential part of the egg in terms of helping elevate your mood. Eggs, especially the yolks, are full of B vitamins. B vitamins can genuinely help you boost your mood. This is because they help improve the function of your neural transmitters, the parts of your brain that dictate your mood. Consume an egg and cheer up!

Make several trail mix of nuts or seeds. Your mood can be improved by eating peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etcetera. This is possible since these foods have a bunch of magnesium which increases your production of serotonin. Serotonin is the “feel good” chemical that directs your brain how you feel day in and day out. The higher your levels of serotonin, the happier you are going to feel. Not only that but nuts, specifically, are a fantastic protein food source.

If you want to fight depression, try consuming some cold water fish. Cold water fish including tuna, trout and wild salmon are rich in DHA and omega-3 fatty acids. These are two things that really help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s the truth: eating tuna fish sandwiches can actually help you fight your depression.

Some grains are really wonderful for fighting off bad moods. Quinoa, millet, teff and barley are all truly great for helping raise your happiness levels. These foods can help you feel full for longer too, which can help your mood too. Feeling famished can truly bring you down! These grains can help your mood elevate as it’s not at all hard for your body to digest them. You digest them quicker than other things which can help promote your blood sugar levels, which, in turn, helps make you feel happier, mood wise.

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You can see, you don’t need to eat junk food or foods that are bad for you just so to feel better! Try some of these instead!