Warabimochi with Tapioca Flour
Light, jelly like mochi that is refreshing. Perfect summer time treat.
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: mochi
Servings: 4
small pan or skillet
silicone or wood spatula
Kuromitsu syrup (Brown Sugar Syrup)
- 50 g dark brown sugar
- 50 g water
Mix together all of the mochi ingredients in a pan and cook over medium heat, stirring continuously until and thick sticky and stretchy paste forms.
Turn off the heat and keep beating, mixing and stretching the dough until it is evenly translucent and comes together in a dough.
Dust a container with kinako and transfer the mochi to the container. Roll it around so it is evenly covered and flatten it to fit the container. Let cool uncovered.
While the mochi is cooling, make the Kuromitsu syrup. Combine sugar and water in a pan and heat on medium heat until the syrup is slightly thicker. Kuromitsu syrup is pretty thin-- so think thin maple syrup.
Once the mochi has cooled, transfer the mochi to a kinako dusted works surface. Cut the mochi into cubes and dust with more kinako. Serve with the Kuromitsu syrup on the side.