Mochi Recipe

Mochi is the Japanese equivalent to a rice cake. It is a Asian delight, which can be made plain or jazzed up with a filling. They can be made in different colors, which depends on the filling and your ingredients. If you like Japanese meals, this is the perfect sweet ending to your meal.

To start you will need the following:

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups glutinous rice flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups potato starch
• Cooking oil
• 1 large bowl
• Microwavable pan
• Strawberry jam or pandan extract (optional)
• Fruit yogurt, peanut butter, chocolate fudge or other filling of your choice (optional)

Let's begin. You will first mix two cups of glutinous rice flour, and one cup sugar and one teaspoon of baking powder into a large bowl. Then you pour small amounts of water into your mix until it takes on the consistency of dough. You than set your mixture to the side. If you like you can add a jam like strawberry to your mix, this will make it pink, pandan extract will make it green.

In a microwavable pan, you want to oil the entire interior. Now it is time to place your mochi dough into your pan.

You want to cover your pan with a paper towel, and place in the microwave for 10 to 15 minutes. Now it is time to dust your surface with potato starch, and start kneading your dough into the starch until you get a smooth texture.

You want to cut your dough into bite size pieces, then shape the piece's into any ball size you wish.

After you can slice open the dough and place your filling inside. This step is optional.