desserts & holiday & japanese & mochi & new year's day 23 Feb 2008 10:37 pm

An* mochi – *sweet red azuki bean

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I LOVE mochi. And now you can make it yourself at home!

However…I advise you to just go to the mochi store and pay 80 cents, cause this recipe is a pain in the azz, seriously. But here it is if you want to try it. It’s absolutely delicious.

Ingredients:
3-1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
ΒΌ tsp food coloring (I prefer pink)
1 box mochiko
1 can/bag an (prepared sweet red beans)
potato starch

To start – prep a cutting board by sprinkling liberally with potato starch. Set aside.

An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

Boil the water and the sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Add the food coloring and stir. I prefer to always make my mochi PINK, but my MIL prefers green, and since she is demo’ing this recipe, well…

An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

Now the fun. Add the box of mochiko and stir like crazy!! I’m dead serious – if you don’t work fast you are so screwed. It gets really really hard to stir.
An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

Once combined, dump onto your prepped cutting board.

An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

Pull off a round piece. Flatten out, and add a dollop of an beans to the center. (You can also use peanut butter if you like). Pull up the corners around the an, closing up the pouch. Pinch closed.

An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean
An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

Warning: This makes a TON of mochi. You better be going to a party or something, cause it’s plenty. Also, because there are so many, (just look at the picture) you will be filling these things for hours. You know what I mean? TIME CONSUMING. Just saying. But they are so soft and delicious, there is nothing better than freshly homemade mochi. MMMM…
An* mochi - *sweet red azuki bean

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2 Responses to “An* mochi – *sweet red azuki bean”

  1. on 25 Feb 2008 at 12:24 pm 1.dapotato said …

    my g-ma used to make these, freeze them, and then cross the pacific with them. by the time she got here, they’d be perfectly thawed. mmm. perhaps one day i will attempt them at home. or just go to mitsuwa/marukai/wherever.

  2. on 27 Sep 2009 at 3:33 am 2.Susan said …

    I made mochi, had to use the microwave method as doing it in a pan on the hob ended up as a big ball of gloop!

    http://www.arkonitebento.net/2009/09/mochi-mark2-results.html

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