🇯🇵 Japan recipe

Mochi

Pillowy soft and stretchy pounded glutinous rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste. This traditional Japanese confection has a uniquely chewy texture and a subtle sweetness, and is enjoyed during New Year celebrations and as an everyday wagashi treat.

Prep15 mins
Cook10 mins
Serves10
Difficultymedium
Mochi, a Japan dish

Ingredients

  • 200 g mochiko (glutinous rice flour / sweet rice flour)
  • 60 g sugar
  • 200 ml water
  • 200 g anko (sweet red bean paste, koshi-an or tsubu-an)
  • Potato starch (katakuriko) for dusting
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Few drops of food coloring (optional, for variety)
  • Kinako (roasted soybean flour) for coating (optional)

Method

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Nutrition per serving

Calories
210
Protein
4 g
Carbs
46 g
Fat
1 g

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