Grass dumplings - Grass dumplings

Japanese: 草だんご - くさだんご
Grass dumplings - Grass dumplings

…The other is made by grinding boiled mugwort and adding it to steamed rice bran flour, then filling it with bean paste or making it into small dumplings covered in bean paste or soybean flour. The grass dumplings of Shibamata, Tokyo, are the latter type. [Suzuki Shinichi] …

From [Mugwort (艾∥蓬)]

…In spring, mugwort (Kazuzaki mugwort) A. princeps Pamp. is the first to show its green form among the dead grass in the barren land. When young seedlings are picked, boiled, and put into mochi, they become kusa-mochi, and when they are put into dumplings, they become yomogi-dango (kusa-dango). It has a unique flavor and is a nostalgic feature of the spring season. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "kusa dango" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もう一つは,ゆでたヨモギをすりつぶし,蒸した上糝粉(じようしんこ)に加えてついたもので,中にあんを入れたり,小型のだんごにして,あんやきな粉をつける。東京柴又の草だんごは後者。【鈴木 晋一】。…

【ヨモギ(艾∥蓬)】より

…春,荒地の枯草の中にいち早く緑色の姿を見せるのがヨモギ(カズザキヨモギ)A.princeps Pamp.である。この若苗を摘んで,ゆでて,餅に入れたものが草餅,だんごに入れたものがよもぎだんご(草だんご)である。独特の風味があり,なつかしさを覚える春の風物詩である。…

※「草だんご」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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