Mochi
This simple homemade mochi recipe creates the irresistibly soft and chewy Japanese rice cakes that children absolutely adore as a kid friendly recipe for dessert or snacks. Kids love the bouncy stretchy texture and you can fill them with sweet red bean paste or simply dust them with powdered sugar.
Soft chewy Japanese rice cakes dusted with powdered sugar that kids find endlessly fun to eat.
Nutrition per serving
Ingredients
Main
Sweetener
Dusting
Filling
Instructions
Mix the Mochi Dough
Whisk together mochiko sweet rice flour sugar and water in a microwave safe bowl until completely smooth with no lumps. The mixture should look like a thin white batter at this stage.
Microwave the Mochi
Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Remove stir well then microwave for another 1 minute until the mixture becomes thick translucent and very sticky.
Shape the Mochi
Dust a clean surface generously with cornstarch then turn the hot mochi dough out onto it. Dust your hands with cornstarch and divide the dough into 8 equal pieces being careful as the dough is still warm.
Fill and Seal
Flatten each piece of mochi into a small disc and place a small spoonful of sweet red bean paste in the center. Carefully gather the edges up and pinch them tightly to seal the filling inside each mochi ball.
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