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["Soak the salted cherry leaves in a bowl of water to remove excess salt, and drain.", "Roll the sweet bean paste into 4 to 5 balls.", "First, combine the shiratama-ko, sugar and salt, and dissolve in the water.", "(If you dissolve the two flours together at once, the mixture tends to be lumpy.)", "I don't add much sugar into the dough.", "Add the flour and dissolve.", "Put the food coloring on the tip of a chopstick, tap it against the rim of the mixing bowl and to drop into the batter.", "Use a tiny bit of the food coloring.", "Mix together, and check the color.", "If it's not pink enough, add a bit more.", "Stop adding the food coloring when you think it's still a bit light.", "Sakura mochi looks more elegant with a lighter pink color.", "Set the electric griddle to 160C.", "Fill a ladle up to about 80% with the batter, and pour onto the electric griddle and shape into ovals.", "Once you've poured on the batter, set the electric griddle on the low-heat ""warming"" setting.", "They are done when the surfaces become dry.", "Don't flip them over, but transfer directly onto parchment paper to cool (with the baked side facing down!!", ").", "When cooled, place the mochi so the nicer-looking side faces outwards (with the other, less attractive side on the inside), wrap the sweet bean paste balls in the dough, and then wrap with the cherry leaves on the outside."]
