Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of mochigome, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch. The steamed rice is pounded into paste and
Rice cake kirimochi or kakumochi
Steamed rice in a stone mortar being mashed with a wooden kine (pestle) during mochitsuki
Making mochi with modern equipment
Mochi ice cream is a confection made from Japanese mochi with an ice cream filling. In the United States, it was pioneered by Japanese-American businesswoman and community activist Frances Hashimoto w
Mochi
…mugwort (yomogi). When daifuku is made with kusa mochi, it is called yomogi daifuku. Small balls of ice cream are wrapped inside a mochi covering to make mochi ice cream. In Japan, this is manufactured by the conglomerate Lotte under the name Yukimi Daifuku, "snow-viewing daifuku". Oshiruko or ozenzai is a sweet azuki…
Mochi ice cream in green tea, vanilla, and strawberry flavors
Vanilla and chocolate mochi ice cream
Green tea ice cream mochi