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Kaki Mochi | Our Regional Cuisines

RECIPE

Ingredients (one portion)

  • Glutinous rice 3 squares
  • [Ingredients for mixing] Taro 8/10 of tea cup (peeled and grated)
  • [Ingredients for mixing] Salt 2 tbsp.
  • [Ingredients for mixing] Black sesame seeds 2 tbsp.
  • [Ingredients for mixing] Nori (seaweed) 3-4 sheets
  • [Ingredients for mixing] Baking soda 1 tbsp.

How to cook

  • 1. Put steamed glutinous rice and ingredients for mixture into a rice cake pounder.
    (Tear nori (seaweed) into pieces and pound for a longer time than normal rice cakes. If you use less salt, the rice cake will crack easily after it is made into kakimochi.)

  • 2. When the rice is done, roll it out into a fish cake shape. (The size of two rice cakes should fit inside the kouji-buta (small wooden box).

  • 3. After about 2 days, cut into 2 to 3 mm thick slices with a knife, and hang them one by one in the shade for 2 days, or put them in a mesh bag and hang them in a well-ventilated place.

  • 4. fter about half a month, they will dry out, so store them and use them as needed.

provider : "Boso no Furusato Ryori" (Agriculture Chiba Publishing Department)

Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact

Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5516