Remove cake pan from wok once mochi is cooked; remove and discard plastic wrap. Working in batches, use two spoons to scoop and form warm mochi into a small ball (about 1 scant tablespoon).

Though it’s heavily associated with Japanese cuisine, mochi flour is used in other parts of the world as well. For example, it’s used in some Hawaiian and Chinese recipes like rice cakes, rice ...

Pinch off about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll between your palms into a ball. Using your index finger and thumb, pinch a well, forming a cup.

My personal favourite of the boxed cakes was the Yam Chicken Floss Mochi Cake (S$9.90), containing yam cream, chicken floss, seaweed and mochi. The yam was smooth and had a natural, earthy taste, ...

The first time that I told my non-Chinese friends about the taro + mochi + meat floss + salted egg combination, they were shocked that anyone would ever find this unorthodox blend of flavours ...

The chefs of Otowasan Kannonji Temple teach us how to make sankirai mochi rice cakes! This delicious treat is the head nun's specialty! Simply knead rice flour, wrap in sankirai leaves and steam.

How Japanese mochi brings communities in America together 04:08. Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking ...

Seasonal recipes from the nuns of Otowasan Kannonji Temple: gohei-mochi rice cakes. It's a hometown specialty for Mitsuei, the temple's head nun. Wrap freshly cooked rice around cedar sticks and ...

New Year mochi decorations take a unique form in Takayama City, in Gifu, with Hanamochi, a custom that's been going over 450 years. Small pieces of mochi are wrapped on branches to emulate flowers in ...