Recipe: Mochi with Red Bean Paste
8 Jul
Mochi is a popular Japanese rice cake with a chewy, elastic texture. While mochi is delicious by itself, it is often filled with sweet additions, such as ice cream or red bean paste. Traditionally, the rice flour mixture was beaten in a mortar for a long time to get the right consistency. But luckily, I didn’t have to spend hours beating on it.
I grew up eating the red bean paste filled mochi, and this recipe reminded me a lot of my late grandmother. Mochi was one of her favorite things to eat, so we’d always pick some up whenever we saw it at the store. We miss you, grandma!
Last week, I tweeted about wanting to try making mochi at home. I got offers to help me beat on it, which was funny. But then, a short conversation about mochi ice cream led to a friend giving away his ice cream maker to me. Score!
