Mochi Magic (50 Traditional and Modern Recipes for the Japanese Treat)

This fun and colorful book from a young, hip food writer teaches readers how to make mochi — the Japanese treat made of chewy rice dough and commonly filled with fruit, ice cream, or sweet red bean paste. A traditional part of Japanese New Year, mochi is now popular around the globe, found in bakeries, specialty grocers, and health food stores. Author Kaori Becker offers easy-to-follow techniques and recipes for making traditional hand-pounded mochi, steamed mochi, and modern microwave mochi. The book includes a range of recipes from classic New Year’s Mochi, Yaki Mochi, and Ozoni Soup to contemporary recipes for mochi breads, muffins pancakes, donuts, waffles, cookies, and brownies. It is packed with ideas for unique mochi flavors like rosewater, chocolate, Nutella, Matcha, black sesame, and Japanese plum; and mochi fillings including vanilla custard, coconut haupia pudding, taro paste, Matcha cream cheese, Oreo, peanut butter, plus fruits and ice creams. And, of course, the book is packed with fun cute mochi creations like flowers, pigs, and chicks that will delight kids and adults alike. Kawaii!!