Mochi
Chewy Japanese treat
Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice pounded into a sticky, chewy paste.
It appears in many forms—plain, filled with sweet bean paste, wrapped around ice cream, or served in soup.
The texture is distinctively soft and stretchy: We picked up some mochi at the Japanese market.
Mochi has become popular internationally as a dessert, especially the ice cream variety.
Puffed grain wafer
- sweetTasting of sugar
- fillingMaterial placed within
- red beanSmall burgundy legume
- strawberryRed fruit, seeds outside
ice cream · dessert · chewy · soft · glutinous · treat · snack · matcha
Sticky Asian cereal variety
- mochikoPowdered glutinous rice
- rice flourPulverized cereal grain
- kneadingManual dough development
- poundingForceful repeated striking
steaming · starch · dough · stretchy · elastic · sticky · paste · tapioca
Cattle, archaically
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- pestleBowl's crushing companion
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- New YearJanuary first celebration
steaming · kneading · shaping · dusting · cornstarch · potato starch · mallet · wooden
January first celebration
- offeringSomething presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
tradition · Japanese · Korean · Lunar New Year · ancestral · shrine · decoration · lucky
rice cake
Puffed grain wafer
strawberry · ice cream · dessert · chewy · soft · glutinous · treat · snack · matcha · sakura
glutinous rice
Sticky Asian cereal variety
- mochikoPowdered glutinous rice
- rice flourPulverized cereal grain
- kneadingManual dough development
pounding · steaming · starch · dough · stretchy · elastic · sticky · paste · tapioca · tang yuan
kine
Cattle, archaically
New Year · steaming · kneading · shaping · dusting · cornstarch · potato starch · mallet · wooden · ceremony
New Year
January first celebration
- offeringSomething presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
ceremony · tradition · Japanese · Korean · Lunar New Year · ancestral · shrine · decoration · lucky · prosperity
chewy
Resisting easy biting
elastic · soft · pillowy · gooey · springy · bouncy · tender · smooth · pliable · mouthfeel
- Fictional CatsGarfield, Felix, Sylvester, Tom, Cheshire Cat
- Indian castescaste, Brahmins, subcaste, Dalit, Rajputs
- East TaiwanPacific Coast, Daren, Rift Valley
- pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
Mochibiscotti
Crunchy Italian almond cookies
hardtack · crispy · toast · brittle · rice crackers
Mochicroissant
Layered crescent-shaped pastry
baguette · scone · pretzel · cornbread · shortbread
Mochisteamed rice
Grain cooked with vapor
pilaf · fried rice · rice pilaf · biryani · paella
- mochi ice creamFrozen filling, chewy wrapper
- mochi donutChewy ring-shaped pastry
- matcha mochiTea-flavored rice confection
- mochi balls
- butter mochiSweet chewy rice flour cake