Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup Mochiko glutinous rice flour
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp green tea powder
  • 2/3 cup water
  • Red bean paste
  • Cornstarch/potato starch/or tapioca starch – for dusting

Instruction

  • Take red bean paste and roll it into balls approximately 1/2 inch in diameter. (If you like a lot of bean paste in yours, you can make thicker balls. I personally only like a little bit of filling, so I made my balls smaller. Make about 8 balls.
  • In a microwave safe bowl, mix together mochiko glutinous rice flour, sugar, green tea and water. Mix well.
  • Microwave the mixture on high for two minutes. Remove and stir quickly. Return to the microwave and cook for another 1 1/2 minutes. I had to play around with the timing of this for a while. The first time I overcooked the mochi and it was too hard.
  • Scoop up a little more than one tablespoon of dough. Dust a plate or counter top with either cornstarch, tapioca starch or potato starch.
  • Dust your fingers and palms with starch and flatten a piece of dough while it is still hot and put in the filling, then wrap dough around the filling and seal the opening with a tight pinch. Try to shape dough into a smooth round ball. Repeat until all dough is used up. Let the mochi cool before serving.