Description
Learn how to make delicious homemade mochi with this easy recipe. Soft and chewy, these sweet rice cakes can be filled with your favorite ingredients like red bean paste, fruit, or even ice cream.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup mochiko (sweet rice flour)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- cornstarch or potato starch (for dusting)
- optional fillings such as red bean paste, fruit, or ice cream
Dough:
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Instructions
- Prepare the Dough: In a microwave-safe bowl, whisk together mochiko, sugar, and water until smooth. Microwave on high in intervals, stirring in between, until the dough is thick and sticky.
- Shape the Mochi: Dust a surface with starch, divide and fill the dough portions with desired fillings, then shape them into balls.
- Serve: Enjoy the mochi at room temperature or chilled.
Notes
- Mochi is best consumed fresh within a day or frozen if filled with ice cream.
- Exercise caution when serving to young children or the elderly due to its sticky nature.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mochi
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
