Japanese Mochi Recipe - green tea & red bean flavor

I have this recipe since long time from a Japanese cook but I didn't have a chance to make it. Tonight I found that we have no dessert (ahhhh... it's awful...), so I decided to try it!

I changed the ingredients of the recipe from using ice-cream filling because I don't have ice-cream at home :( but it's ok, I wanted to make green tea mochi with red bean filling => they are perfect match!!

It is actually very easy if you follow all the instruction.

Ingredients:
Mochi
50g glutinous rice flour
75g sugar
100ml water
1 tbsp green tea powder
1 tsp Mizuame* (japanese sweetener)
Potato/ Corn Starch about 100g

Filling**
250g-300g red bean paste

*You may not have Mizuame, so you can use 25g sugar, I used 1 tsp  corn sirup

**If you want ice-cream filling, prepare 300ml ice-cream


Instructions:
1. In a bowl (can be put in the microwave), mix glutinous rice flour, green tea powder and sugar together 

2. Then add in water, little by little. Make sure there is no lumps, use a spetula to help

3. Then wrap the bowl with plastic wrap, put it in the microwave - 600w for 2 mins*
Note: It is better to cook 1 min first, take it out and mix it well, put it back and cook for another min

*In the recipe, they ask you to cook for another 40 seconds, but I didn't because the mixture is well cooked - which means it becomes sticky and shiny

5. Pour the corn starch on a tray, pour the sticky mochi on the tray, spread the mochi out with your fingers - press it gently but be careful not to press it too hard, or you will make the mochi too thin and it will break easily

The size of the dough should be about 6" X 12"


6. Put the tray in the fridge for 30mins to relax the dough

7. After 30mins, take the tray out, divide the dough into 8 portions in square shape

8. To wrap the filling into the mochi - take one portion, put it on your hand, remove excessive corn starch, put the filling, wrap it by squeezing the edge toward center. Then put some corn starch to prevent from sticking

9. If you want to make it round, use a plastic wrap to wrap the mochi, turn the end of the plastic wrap. Then put it into a small bowl (size just fit the mochi)

10. You can either eat it immediately, or put the mochi on a plate and put them in the fridge. Serve when you want to eat

Note: If you want to use ice-cream as filling, before starting 1st step, cut the aluminum foil into 8 portions, scoop 8 ice-cream portions and put each of them on a piece of aluminum foil. Put them in the freezer.
Take them out at step 8. 
At step 10, put them in the freezer until it is firm

Enjoy!