YAM PASTE
Today’s turn is yam mochi!
Yam Mochi Recipe
Yam mochi is made by some simple ingredients such as glutinous rice flour, water or milk, sugar, cornstarch and yam paste.
| INGREDIENTS | GRAM (g) |
| Steamed yam | 300 |
| Steamed purple sweet potato | 80 |
| Sugar | 30 |
| Milk | 50 |
YAM MOCHI DOUGH
| INGREDIENTS | GRAM (g) |
| Glutinous rice flour | 125 |
| Corn starch | 35 |
| Sugar | 55 |
| Milk | 200 |
| Unsalted butter | 25 |
1. For yam paste, put steamed yam, steamed purple sweet potato, sugar and milk in the blender. Blend them.
2. Now we’re making the mochi dough, we mix the glutinous rice flour, corn starch, sugar and milk in a bowl.
3. Strain the mochi batter then steamed.
For the mochi part..
5. Microwave method.
- Combine the glutinous rice flour, sugar, and milk in a large microwave-safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave for 1 minute.
- Stir the glutinous rice flour mixture with a whisk to get rid of any lumps, then recover with plastic wrap and microwave again for 1 minute.
- Dip a rubber spatula in water and stir the rice mixture again. Don’t use your whisk this time, as the dough will now be very sticky.
- Cover the mixture one last time and microwave for another 30 seconds.
- After that, add 25g of unsalted butter to the mochi and knead it then cool them to room temperature.
Steam method
- Combine the glutinous rice flour, sugar, and milk in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Steam it for 15 minutes.
- After that, add 25g of unsalted butter to the mochi and knead it then cool them to room temperature.
4. Add 25g of butter to the mochi, When the mochi is not hot, knead it well.
5. Take out 60g small mochi ball and flatten it.
6. Squeeze the taro paste filling on the mochi, squeeze as much as you like.
7. Coated with soybean powder.
FAQ
Is mochi dough raw?
A Daifuku Mochi is typically a mochi (steamed rice cake–naturally white coloured, very sticky and chewy) with a filling inside. … Apparently he assumed the soft mochi outside was raw uncooked dough (which it isn’t).
Is mochi supposed to be refrigerated?
The mochi is air sealed in a wrapper before being put in a box. It is dry mochi so it has a lengthy shelf life and does not require refrigeration to stay edible. Once opened eat the contents within the next couple of days.
