konichiwa it's Nami from just one cookbook back with another video for you
and today I'm going to share how to make fresh homemade mochi using my stand mixer
before the new year's, the japanese make mochi by pounding the steamed glutinous rice in usu
a large japanese stamp mill with a pestle called kine
as the times are changing these days people use an electric bread maker
that has a multi-function to make mochi
or simply buy pre-cut multi from the stores
for those of you who love freshly pound mochi,
I found a way to make mochi using a stand mixer even with no pounding action
my recipe is the texture of mochi quite close to the freshly pounded one
i hope you will enjoy making mochi at home
remember much is very sticky and you will be constantly fighting against it
but with the practice, you will learn how to work with it
now, let's get started
measure the glutinous rice, you will need 3 rice cooker cups (540 ml), which is 450 grams
put the rice in a large bowl and add some water, then stir with your hands and quickly drain the water
rinse rice 4~5 times
drain the rice into a fine-mesh sieve/colander
remove excess water, then transfer the rice into the inner pot of the rice cooker
add 400 ml/gram of clean water
cook on regular mode
pour boiling water to heat up the mixing bowl
soak a dough hook, flat beater, and a spatula with boiling water
discard the hot water from the stand mixer and transfer all the cooked glutinous rice into the stand mixer
set the dough hook attachment in your stand mixer and start kneading
set to number 2 speed for 3 minutes
while kneading, you can use your wet silicone spatula to detach the glutinous rice from the wall of the mixer
remove the bowl and flip the rice with a spatula
repeat the process 3 more times
continue mixing at number 2 speed for 3 minutes
remove the bowl and flip the rice with a spatula
continue mixing at number 2 speed for 3 minutes
use a wet spatula to unstick rice from the bowl
remove the bowl and flip the rice with a spatula
continue mixing at speed 2
remove the bowl and flip the rice with a spatula
change to a flat beater attachment
mix at speed 3 for 30 seconds
repeat the pounding process 3 more times
scrape mochi as much as you can from the side of the bowl, using the wet silicone spatula
prepare two rimmed baking sheets by covering them with potato starch
put all the mochi on one of the baking sheets, the other one is for keeping mochi balls
sprinkle and cover mochi with potato starch
make sure your hands are completely dry and cover them with potato starch
for easy clean up, I recommend soaking bowls and attachments at this time
tuck in and push up the mochi with your right hand
make the mochi balls and transfer to the other rimmed baking sheet
wrap mochi in plastic wrap and a freezer bag for later use
anko mochi and kinako mochi
flatten the mochi ball by pressing down
brush off excess starch by hands or a pastry brush
put the anko (sweet red bean paste) in the center of each mochi
pull up the sides and pinch over the anko
lightly dust your hands with potato starch then use a light pressure to pinch and seal the top of the mochi
In a bowl, combine 2 Tbsp sugarand 4 Tbsp kinako and mix well
pour hot water in a separate bowl and dip a mochi ball in the hot water
coat well with the kinako mixture and repeat with the rest
itadaki masu!
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here's the japanese word of the day
mochi-mochi and motchiri
these are adjectives to describe the soft and chewy mochi-like texture in japanese
we use these words a lot as we love the mochi-like texture of food
for example, if you want to say this doughnut is soft and chewy
you can say, kono doh-natsu wa mochi-mochi shite imasu
to say this bagel is bouncy and chewy, you can say,
kono bei-furu wa motchiri shite imasu
mochi-mochi and motchiri, have fun using it
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