Easy Kashiwa Mochi
Easy Kashiwa Mochi

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, easy kashiwa mochi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Kashiwa Mochi is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Easy Kashiwa Mochi is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Kashiwa Mochi is tender but chewy rice cakes stuffed with sweet red bean paste and wrapped in a kashiwa (oak) leaf. You may wonder why mochi is wrapped in an oak leaf. Since oak trees don't shed old leaves until new leaves grow, the Japanese consider oak trees as a symbol of the prosperity of one's descendants. Put the ● ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a balloon whisk.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook easy kashiwa mochi using 6 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Kashiwa Mochi:
  1. Prepare 100 grams ●Joshinko flour
  2. Take 60 grams ●Mochiko flour (or joshinko flour)
  3. Prepare 25 grams ●White sugar
  4. Prepare 1 pinch of salt or about 1/2 teaspoon of shio-koji ●Salt or shio-koji
  5. Take 200 ml Hot water
  6. Take 200 grams Adzuki bean paste

The kashiwa mochi looks done at this point, but we need to steam them one last time. My steamer wasn't big enough so I steamed them in batches. Kashiwa Mochi is a traditional type of mochi that is most commonly eaten during the Kodomo no Hi festival. Made from sweet red beans and mochi rice flour, it is a sweet and sticky treat that is perfect for children and loved by adults as well.

Steps to make Easy Kashiwa Mochi:
  1. Put the ● ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a balloon whisk.
  2. Add hot water to Step 1 and mix well with your hands. If it is too sticky, moisten your hands with water. Do Steps 1 and 2 in a food processor and it will be easier.
  3. Transfer to a heatproof dish and cover with cling film. Heat in a 500 w microwave for 3.5 minutes.
  4. Put the mixture into a bread machine and knead for about 7 minutes. Otherwise, knead well with your moistened hands.
  5. When the mixture looks glossy, it is ready.
  6. Squeeze the mochi mixture with your hand and divide into 10 portions. Use a moistened plate so the mixture doesn't stick.
  7. Wrap the adzuki paste with the prepared mochi.
  8. Shape the mochi mixture into flat rounds and place the adzuki bean paste in the center.
  9. Fold the mochi mixture into half-moons like making gyoza. Moisten the plate beforehand and the mochi won't stick.
  10. They are ready to serve. They look glossy and thick.
  11. When you wrap them with kashiwa leaves, moisten the shiny sides of the leaves and wrap with mochi with the moistened side inside.

Kashiwa Mochi is a traditional type of mochi that is most commonly eaten during the Kodomo no Hi festival. Made from sweet red beans and mochi rice flour, it is a sweet and sticky treat that is perfect for children and loved by adults as well. The soft Mochi dough of Kashiwa Mochi is made from a non-glutinous rice powder called "Joushinko (上新粉)" and folded in two, between which sweet red bean paste "Anko (餡子)" is sandwiched. The reason why the Mochi confection is called Kashiwa Mochi is that it is wrapped in the leaf of an oak called "Kashiwa (柏)". Mochi can be split up into hard mochi, and soft mochi.

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