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Soak raisins in lukewarm water beforehand.
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Mix the salt well with the glutinous rice flour, then cut 150g of banana and add it.
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Mash bananas with your hands and mix them with glutinous rice flour to make dough. The dough will slowly start to clump together with just a banana without a drop of water.
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It just needs to be lumped together.
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Make a sweet filling to put inside, crushing the remaining 50g of banana and dried raisins by hand.
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Prepare castella by finely grinding it.
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Cut the dough into appropriate sizes, add raisins and banana fillings, and make a circle.
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Cook round dumplings in boiling water.
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Remove the floating dumplings and soak them in ice water. That way, the chewy texture of the dumplings comes alive.
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After cooling it completely in ice water, remove the hardwood and roll it in finely ground castella powder.
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Put it on a plate and that's it.
The texture of the dough may vary depending on the degree of ripening of the banana. It's good to knead it while checking the condition without putting all the bananas in from the beginning.