Green Tea Mochi
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
- 1 lb mochiko sweet rice flour
- 4 (7 g) envelopes knox gelatin
- 2 tablespoons green tea powder
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 (11 1/4 ounce) can milk green tea
- 12 ounces water
- 1/2 cup red bean paste (optional)
Recipe
- 1 combine mochiko, sugar, gelatin, and maccha in a large bowl and mix.
- 2 add milk green tea and water, and mix througly with whisk or spoon. (note: if a can of milk green tea cannot be found, substitute 6oz of "tazo matcha with honeydew liquid tea" and 6oz of milk).
- 3 pour into a 9x13" greased pan.
- 4 cover tightly with foil and bake at 350f for 55 minutes.
- 5 cool with cover on for 15 minutes.
- 6 remove foil and cool for several hours before cutting.
- 7 cut out outer hardened portion of the mochi, and then cut into 32 squares.
- 8 optional step: place 1/2 teaspoon of red bean paste in the middle of each square, fold square into triangle and press on the sides.
- 9 optional step: to improve presentation and add a bit of taste, soak 32 oak or sakura leaves in water, drain, and wrap around mochi pieces (dull side facing outside).
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