How to Pre-Process and Store Mochi Rice and Make Mochi

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   Rinse the rice, and soak in water overnight or for half a day.

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   Drain the rice into a sieve.

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   Put the water-saturated mochi rice - 1 rice cooker cup's worth, about 220 g - in a bag and freeze.

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   This is the storage stage done.

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   How to cook the mochi: Put the frozen rice and 100 ml of water in a blender, and puree for 2 to 3 minutes until liquid.

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   It will still be a little grainy.

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   It looks like this.

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   Put the pureed rice liquid in a heatproof bowl, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 2 minutes at 730W.

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   Microwave for another minute.

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    If it's translucent it's done.

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    Try a bit, and if the rice grains are still hard microwave for another minute.

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    Done.

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    Enjoy with kinako (toasted soy bean flour), sesame seeds, anko sweet bean paste and so on.

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    Our family recipe for microwaved easy zenzai (anko sweet bean paste soup and mochi),.

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    This is kagami-mochi, kind of.

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    (Kagami mochi is a New Year's decoration.)

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    This is just the right size to top with a kumquat.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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