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Mochi are sticky, chewy cakes made from pounded, steamed sticky rice.
They can be savoury or sweet, and may be flavoured. Without any flavouring, they are just bland, rubbery balls.
Sweet flavourings include honey, sweet bean paste, and fried banana. More savoury or neutral flavourings that can be added include bean jam, cheese, cream cheese, grated daikon, green tea powder, nori, peanut butter, salad dressing, scrambled eggs, sesame seeds or soy sauce.
To make Mochi, pieces are pulled from the dough formed by Mochitsuki. The pieces may be formed into squares or balls.
Mochi can be:
- baked, broiled, toasted or fried;
- baked for use as dumplings in the soup served at New Year called "zoni";
- dipped in soy sauce and wrapped in nori.
Mochi is always made at New Year in Japan. It is also served at births, birthdays, weddings, and religious festivals.
Nutrition
Every year, many people die from eating them. They choke to death because the Mochi stick in their throats on the way down. In 1998, reputedly 21 people died, most of them seniors with false teeth who couldn't chew them properly and who decided presumably, to just risk it and swallow.
Language Notes
Mochi literally means "round rice."
See Also
Mochitsuki, Ozoni, Usu, Zoni
Other entries for Rice Dishes
Chivda, Cốm Dẹp, Donburi, Etouffée, Hoppin' John, Mochi, Risotto
Other entries for Savoury Dishes
Alfredo Sauce, Béaltaine Caudle, Bouchées à la Bénédictine, Bouchées à la Périgourdine, Chop Suey, Curry, Darioles, Favetta, Fondue, French Fries, Koromo, Pancakes, Pies & Tarts, Pizza, Porridge, Relish Trays, Sandwiches, Soups, Spring Rolls, Sushi, Tenkas, Teriyaki, Timbales, TV Dinners, Yakimono, Zakuska
Other entries for Dishes
Desserts, Dumplings, Ozoni, Salads, Savoury Dishes, Zoni
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