The filling inside the sesame balls can vary, but it is commonly made with sweet ingredients, as below. I used red bean paste as the filling. Other common filling options include black sesame paste, ...

Red pepper, sweetcorn, broccoli, asparagus, and green beans would work brilliantly in this dish ... While the recipe is ideal with black sesame paste, Douglas says you can use regular Chinese sesame ...

2 cups (400 ml) sticky rice (mochigome), 1 cup (200 ml) rice, 100 grams “dainagon azuki” red beans, Seasoning A (1 tsp each of salt and sweet mirin sake), 1 Tbsp toasted black sesame seeds ...