Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, easy sakura mochi (cherry blossom rice cake) from cooked rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Mash the hot cooked rice with a spoon (or similar). Sprinkle a little water if the rice is hard. (I put the rice in a rice bowl to mash it easily as the photo shows.) Gently smash the cooked glutinous rice with a shamoji (rice paddle) or spatula. Soak rice in water, dropping a few drops of red food coloring until the rice looks pink. You can either steam the rice until cooked or cook it with ample water in a rice cooker.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy sakura mochi (cherry blossom rice cake) from cooked rice using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Sakura Mochi (Cherry Blossom Rice Cake) from Cooked Rice:
- Get 1 small 1 rice bowl's worth Hot cooked rice
- Prepare 2 tsp ★Water
- Make ready 2 tsp ★Katakuriko
- Take 2 tsp ★Sugar
- Take 1 pinch ★Salt
- Prepare 1 dash ★Food coloring (red)
- Make ready 40 grams Pureed sweetened bean paste
- Get 2 Salted cherry blossom leaves (if you have)
We cook the rice in a rice cooker so it is very easy. I made white sakura mochi without colouring and put cherry blossom flavored adzuki bean paste inside, and they turned out very elegantly. Easy Sakura Mochi with chewy and sticky rice cake on the outside, and sweet red bean paste filling on the inside! It's rolled into beautiful pink mochi balls and covered with an edible pickled cherry blossom leaf.
Steps to make Easy Sakura Mochi (Cherry Blossom Rice Cake) from Cooked Rice:
- Divide the bean paste in half and make balls. If you have the cherry blossom leaves, soak them in water for about 10 minutes (to desalt) and wash.
- Mash the hot cooked rice with a spoon (or similar). Sprinkle a little water if the rice is hard. (I put the rice in a rice bowl to mash it easily as the photo shows.)
- Mix the ingredients marked ★ well. Put only a small amount of the red food colouring on the tip of a chopstick and dissolve it in the mixture.
- Add the mixture into the cooked rice, and mash in until sticky. Make sure all of the rice turns pink.
- Divide the rice in half, and wrap the bean paste ball.
- It's done. It looks more authentic with a cherry blossom leaf.
- If you don't add the red food colouring, sakura mochi will be white like the photo, but the taste is same.
Easy Sakura Mochi with chewy and sticky rice cake on the outside, and sweet red bean paste filling on the inside! It's rolled into beautiful pink mochi balls and covered with an edible pickled cherry blossom leaf. This Japanese dessert recipe is quick to make at home and perfect for celebrating the spring season or other special occasions. Place water and cherry blossom leaves in a bowl for at least one hour prior to cooking to remove extra salt. Sweet and Sour Pickled Sakura and Turnip for Cherry Blossom Viewing Bento.
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