Recipe: Delicious Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake

Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake. Mochi is a Japanese rice cake that is made from steamed white rice or glutinous rice. It can also be made from steamed brown rice. Alone, mochi is a staple food in Japanese cuisine, but it also acts as an important ingredient in many Japanese foods such as desserts, soups (both savory and dessert types), and hot pot dishes.

Made from glutinous sweet rice flour, it's naturally gluten-free. Mochiko - or Glutinous Sweet Rice Flour. Note that it's different from the regular glutinous rice flour. You can have Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake

1. You need 160 gr of glutinous rice flour.
2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
3. It's 1 of egg.
4. You need 40 gr of icing sugar.
5. Prepare 30 ml of coconut oil.
6. You need 145 ml of milk.
7. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
8. It's 50 gr of chocolate chips.

You can find them in most Japanese grocery stores, or order them online from Amazon. Butter - it adds a delicious flavor to the mochi cake. It's best to use real butter (unsalted), and you'll need to melt it first. This sticky rice cake, also known as mochi, is very tasty and good for dessert.

Glutinous Rice (Mochi) Cake instructions

1. Sift glutinous rice and baking powder..
2. Mix egg, icing sugar, oil, milk, vanilla essence until combined. Add in flour and baking powder, combine until there is no lump. Add in chocolate chips or fresh fruits.
3. Bake 180 degree celcius,35 minutes..
4. Optional: Sprinkle icing sugar on top before serving.

The amount of glutinous rice powder and water is important. You need a little more water than glutinous rice flour. And I recommend you to make this rice cake with your bare hands not wearing kitchen gloves because the dough can be too sticky on the gloves. I loved all chewy glutinous Asian desserts such as mochi, tong yuen and tapioca, and sweet rice cake was no exception! Typically we would buy pre-made rice cake at the store and pan fry it after dipping it in egg.

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