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A type of wagashi - a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. It is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.
Examples
Types
Porridge
shiruko | Winter dessert where the mochi is half-melted in with the adzuki beans.
zouni soup | New Year soup.
Wagashi
imomochi | Comes with potatoes and sweet and spicy seasoning.
hina arare | Arare flavored with sugar eaten on Hinamatsuri.
hishimochi |From top to bottom, it's a mochi with the colors pink, white, and green. Eaten on Hinamatsuri.
kagami mochi | New Year mochi with a mandarin orange on top.
kashiwa mochi | Eaten during Kodomo no Hi.
raindrop cake | Transparent, raindrop looking mochi.
pon de ring | Mixed between a donut and mochi. Also just known as mochi doughnut.
sakura mochi | Mochi in the color of a cherry blossom (sakura).
zunda mochi | Mochi with mashed green soybean paste on top.
kusa mochi | Mochi infused with Japanese mugwort.
hanabira mochi | Flat mochi wrapped around anko and candied burdock, shaped like a petal.
yakimochi | Grilled or broiled mochi.
kirimochi | Rectangular mochi.
Daifuku
daifuku | Mochi with a sweet filling, usually a red bean paste.
ichigo daifuku | Mochi with a strawberry inside.
mame daifuku | Adzuki beans or soybeans are mixed into the mochi or the filling.
mikan daifuku | Mochi with a mandarin orange inside (top part of the image).
yukimi daifuku | Ice cream mochi.
Tag related
mochitsuki | Ceremony where mochi is pounded with a kine.
mochi trail | The trail left by the pounding or stretched when eaten.
See also
- moon rabbit: Folktale about a rabbit pounding mochi on the moon.
- warabimochi: Despite the name, it is not made with mochi.
- dango: While it's a type of rice cake, it's different from mochi for using glutinous rice.
- kuri manjuu: Looks kind of like a daifuku but made with flour than mochi.
- Tag Group:Food Tags
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The following tags implicate this tag: kashiwa_mochi_(food), mochi_trail, and sakura_mochi (learn more).
