Scarlett WJapanese Green Rice Cake
August 28th 2007 11:28
Japanese Green Rice Cake
About Japanese Rice Cake
Japanese rice cake, so called Mochi, is made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is rationally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki. While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and commonly sold and eaten at that time
Mochi is very sticky and somewhat tricky to eat. After each new year, it is reported in the Japanese media how many people die from choking on mochi. The victims are usually elderly. Because it is so sticky, it is difficult to dislodge via the Heimlich maneuver. In the Japanese comedy film Tampopo, a house vacuum is used to suck it out. (Some lifesaving experts say that a vacuum cleaner is actually efficient for stuck mochi).
INGREDIENTS
Makes 60 rice cakes
450 gm glutinous rice flour
2 tablespoons ground mugwort
112.5 gm cooked glutinous rice flour plus extra
225 gm sugar
400 gm coconut milk
400 gm evaporated milk
For the filling
450 gm red bean paste
1. Sift the flours, mugwort and sugar together, stir in coconut milk and evaporated milk, mix well together to make dough; steam in a bamboo steamer over high heat for 1 hour, then press the dough with your fingertip until the dough is not sticky.
2. Transfer the dough to the large plate, with the hands (using rubber gloves), rub in the dough when it still hot. Rub about 100 times to increase its tenacity.
3. Roll the dough into 60 small circles in your hands.
4. Wrap each inside a small amount of red bean paste in the center, well sealed.
5. Spread the cooked glutinous rice flour on a sheet of greaseproof (wax) paper and toss the rice cakes in them to coat evenly. Serve.
**From “Desserts” and “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”**
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