Dango

Ever wonder what did Mrs. Anko often ate in Naruto’s Chunin Exams Arc? It’s Dango, a traditional Japanese dumpling made of rice flour (mochiko). It is among the most popular sweets in festivals. In fact, there is a typical “stereotype” in anime in which cute girls often wear yukata and have Dango on their hands.

In anime, people often see 2 types of dango: dango with 3 colors green, white, and pink, or white dango with sauce. But in reality, there are much more varieties of dango with different names like chadango, botchan dango, denpun dango, chichi dango, kushi dango, kuri dango, and more… Since there are so many dango types, let’s focus on how to make simple one like Mitarashi Dango, presented by Japanese Cooking 101:

How to make Dango