Monday, August 23, 2010

What is a good recipe for rice cakes--like the kind you buy at the store?

I'm looking for a texture similar to the Lundberg Family Farms rice cakes. Thank you!What is a good recipe for rice cakes--like the kind you buy at the store?
RICE CAKE (MOCHI)


The rice cake (mochi) is a traditional Japanese food. It is made of glutinous rice (mochi-gome). Japanese-style confectionery shops sell rice cakes all year round, and we can eat them when we want to.


In Japan, people generally eat rice at New Year. A lof of families make their own rice cakes. I will briefly describe how to make rice cakes. First we steep glutionous rice in water overnight. Then we steam it for about thirty minutes, and pound it with a mallet and mortar. Nowadays many people use a machine powered by electricity instead. Finally, we shape it into round patties. At this point, bean paste may be used as center to make anko-mochi (bean paste rice cake).What is a good recipe for rice cakes--like the kind you buy at the store?
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