Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice)
Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice)

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, easy! microwavable sakura mochi (with glutinous mochi rice). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice). I originally got this recipe from my step-mother and it required starting your preparation the night before by soaking the steamed glutinous rice in sugar water overnight. It was a bother to make, so I checked easier. Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of Japonica glutinous rice, called mochigome (糯米), that's been cooked and pounded into a sticky paste.

Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have easy! microwavable sakura mochi (with glutinous mochi rice) using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice):
  1. Get 360 ml Mochi rice
  2. Make ready 300 ml Water
  3. Prepare 1 dash Red food coloring
  4. Take 4 tbsp Sugar
  5. Get 300 grams Red bean paste
  6. Take 16 leaves Cherry blossom (sakura) leaves

This Japanese dessert recipe is quick to make at home and perfect for celebrating the spring season or other special occasions. Homemade Mochi Ice Cream are Japanese rice cakes with an ice cream center in a soft, slightly chewy, sweet rice dough. You won't believe how easy it is to make yourself! My love affair with Mochi (pronounced mow chee) began a couple years ago when a friend from Laos brought mochi ice cream to a dinner party.

Steps to make Easy! Microwavable Sakura Mochi (With Glutinous Mochi Rice):
  1. Wash the mochi rice, soak in plenty of water for about 2 hours, drain and mash the rice roughly with your fingers.
  2. Soak the sakura leaves (not listed) for 10 minutes to remove the salt.
  3. Put the rice and necessary water into a heatproof container. Mix the food colouring with a bit of water and add to the container.
  4. Cover with something like plastic wrap, cook for 10 minutes in the microwave (500w), then mix with a rice spatula. Cover again to cook for 5 more minutes, then leave it to steam for 5 minutes.
  5. Divide the red bean paste into 16 portions and roll each of them into balls.
  6. Add the sugar into Step 4's rice and mix well. Then divide into 16 portions.
  7. Spread the rice on the plastic wrap, place the red bean paste in the centre, wrap the an bean paste completely up inside, and shape into a ball.
  8. Wrap a sakura leaf around the mochi. (The saltiness gives it a distinct taste.)

You won't believe how easy it is to make yourself! My love affair with Mochi (pronounced mow chee) began a couple years ago when a friend from Laos brought mochi ice cream to a dinner party. I loved the soft and chewy texture and the size and shape of this bite sized treat. TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Sakura Mochi (桜餅) is a type of wagashi (Japanese confectionery) made of sweet pink mochi (sweet rice or sometimes called glutinous rice). Sakura mochi is a Japanese dessert that is pink, just like the sakura (cherry blossom flowers) and is made of sweet glutinous rice and filled with a sweet red bean paste.

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