Free Cooking & Recipes

Sweet Peanut Mochi (Rakkase No Mochi)

Ingrediens:

• 1 cup sweet glutinous-rice flour (mochiko)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/3 cup unsalted cocktail peanuts
• 1/2 cup water     potato starch or cornstarch
• orange blossom honey, rice syrup or molasses
• 1/2 cup roasted soybean powder (kinako) (optional)

Preparation:

1. In a medium-size bowl, combine rice flour, salt and brown sugar. In a blender or food processor fitted with a stell blade, grind peanuts until they form a paste. Add the water; process until blended, scraping sides of container once or twice. Pour peanut mixture into rice-flour mixture. Stir to form a stiff dough. Lightly knead dough about 30 seconds.
2. Steam and shape dough as directed int the recipe for sweet chewy rice cakes. Drizzle shaped rice cakes with honey. Roll in soybean powder. Serve each guest 1 piece mochi on a small plate with a cup of hot green tea.