The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice. The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed. Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice ...
This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year gods (toshigami).
Traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day, ozoni is a Japanese soup made with mochi, vegetables, and fish cakes. It’s classically ... For his Kanto-style recipe, 2000 F&W Best New Chef Takashi ...