Recipe: Tasty Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake

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Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake. Mochi is a Japanese rice cake that is made from steamed white rice or glutinous rice. It can also be made from steamed brown rice. Alone, mochi is a staple food in Japanese cuisine, but it also acts as an important ingredient in many Japanese foods such as desserts, soups (both savory and dessert types), and hot pot dishes.

Note that it's different from the regular glutinous rice flour.

You can find them in most Japanese grocery stores, or order them online from Amazon.

Butter - it adds a delicious flavor to the mochi cake.

You can have Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake

  1. It’s 160 gr of glutinous rice flour.

  2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.

  3. You need 1 of egg.

  4. Prepare 40 gr of icing sugar.

  5. You need 30 ml of coconut oil.

  6. It’s 145 ml of milk.

  7. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.

  8. You need 50 gr of chocolate chips.

It's best to use real butter (unsalted), and you'll need to melt it first.

Gooey-bouncy on the inside and crispy-chewy on the outside, mochi cake has a texture we just can't get enough of.

Made from glutinous sweet rice flour, it's naturally gluten-free.

Mochi (Japanese: 餅, もち) is Japanese rice cake made of mochigome, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch.

Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake step by step

  1. Sift glutinous rice and baking powder..

  2. Mix egg, icing sugar, oil, milk, vanilla essence until combined. Add in flour and baking powder, combine until there is no lump. Add in chocolate chips or fresh fruits.

  3. Bake 180 degree celcius,35 minutes..

  4. Optional: Sprinkle icing sugar on top before serving.

The rice is pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape.

In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki.

While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year.

Despite being called glutinous rice flour (or sweet rice flour/mochiko), there is no gluten in it.

Where can I buy sweet rice flour?