I want to find the japanese dessert mochi ?!
I want to find the japanese dessert mochi ?
i live near nottingham in the uk and can't find "mochi" anywhere. does anyone know where i can get some? or is there any japanese folk who could make me some or at least tell me how to make it?
Answers: 7 tablespoons glutinous-rice flour (can be mochiko, but I used a Thai brand)
5 tablespoons boiling water
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup roasted unsalted peanuts (best if skinned, too)
In a bowl (I use a souffle-size bowl, around 2 cups) stir together the rice flour and sugar.
While mixing with a spoon or small stiff spatula, pour in the boiling water.
Stir in clockwise direction until the lumps disappear, and the batter is slightly elasticky, about 2 minutes (note: it will become difficult to stir, but try your best anyway!).
Cover the container with plastic wrap, and microwave on HIGH for 2-4 minutes, depending on your microwave.
Meanwhile, grease a ziploc bag well.
Invert the bag (oil side out), and remove the mochi from the bowl into the bag (you can let it cool a bit before you do this, but the more you cool it, the harder the bowl will become to clean =/). Don't burn yourself!
While the mochi is still warm, start kneading. To knead: Stretch and flatten the dough inside the bag with the palm of your hand, then pick up the bag at one corner, shake it so that it rolls into a ball again, then repeat. You can also knead it by placing the mochi into a greased bowl, and knead it as you would a normal dough. Knead for about 7~10 minutes, or to the consistency (chewiness) you want.
To prepare the coating: Process the peanuts in a blender or food processor, and spread the powder out in a plate. Do not add sugar to the coating! Because the sugar will dissolve with the moisture in the mochi, making it super sticky.
Pull off a teaspoonful-sized mochi ball with your hand, and coat in peanut powder. Alternatively, if you prepared it inside a bag, cut off a 1/4" corner, and squeeze from the bag. Separate the balls with greased scissors, or with chopsticks =P.
Enjoy! There is a recipe on this site. Hope this helped.
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanes...
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/butter-moch... I have never found it anywhere but Japan. You might find that from www.traderjoes.com they are sold in the trader joe's supermarkets maybe you can order them online or check japanese stores in notthingham go to:
http://www.pbase.com/fredarmitage/mochi2...
this will give you visual aid. Chinese stores sometimes carry Mochimaki ....they are positively addictive ... squish!!!.... I love them so ...even better than norimake rolls with shrimp, and red bean pancakes ... and that is going some!So see if you can find a Chinese store that sells things for tea, etc ... p.s.: they might not know what they are called in Japanese, so you might need to describe them
LPMahadevan
p.s. thank you for this five star question....chasing it down in its various components has taken me down the rabbit hole, around the raspberry bush and into all kinds of new fun ..... and by the way there is a mochi that is stuffed with a whole strawberry and is called Ichigo Daifuku - this comes from one of the articles on the Wikipedia site ...on the first page, click on Mochi (food) and you will get a different article w/ a lot of details and one more way of making mochi ...xxx Trader Joe's or a Japanese store I live in Hawaii and people here make mochi all the time. It is a favorite thing to bring to pot lucks. Try this link to recipes:
http://www.hawaii.edu/recipes/
Try asian groceries for the mochiko flour.
Good luck. normally its available with ice -cream vendors who stock up ice-creams from the world over.if you find it do tell me too.