mochi
A type of wagashi - a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. It is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time.
Examples
Types
- Danbooru post #3260502: songpyeon | Eaten during Chuseok, a Korean festival.
Porridge
- Danbooru post #4324178: shiruko | Winter dessert where the mochi is half-melted in with the adzuki beans.
- Danbooru post #4324175: zouni soup | New Year soup.
Wagashi
- Danbooru post #4389253: arare | Roasted mochi flavored with soy sauce. Beans can also be used.
- Danbooru post #8137323: imomochi | Comes with potatoes and sweet and spicy seasoning.
- Danbooru post #5169839: hina arare | Arare flavored with sugar eaten on Hinamatsuri.
- Danbooru post #8174146: hishimochi |From top to bottom, it's a mochi with the colors pink, white, and green. Eaten on Hinamatsuri.
- Danbooru post #7728695: kagami mochi | New Year mochi with a mandarin orange on top.
- Danbooru post #6520469: kashiwa mochi | Eaten during Kodomo no Hi.
- Danbooru post #6720562: raindrop cake | Transparent, raindrop looking mochi.
- Danbooru post #7873406: pon de ring | Mixed between a donut and mochi. Also just known as mochi doughnut.
- Danbooru post #8118980: sakura mochi | Mochi in the color of a cherry blossom (sakura).
- Danbooru post #7595847: zunda mochi | Mochi with mashed green soybean paste on top.
- Danbooru post #9148870: kusa mochi | Mochi infused with Japanese mugwort.
- Danbooru post #3399528: hanabira mochi | Flat mochi wrapped around anko and candied burdock, shaped like a petal.
- Danbooru post #3747151: yakimochi | Grilled or broiled mochi.
- Danbooru post #3707518: kirimochi | Rectangular mochi.
Daifuku
- Danbooru post #7968792: daifuku | Mochi with a sweet filling, usually a red bean paste.
- Danbooru post #6263745: ichigo daifuku | Mochi with a strawberry inside.
- Danbooru post #2188851: mame daifuku | Adzuki beans or soybeans are mixed into the mochi or the filling.
- Danbooru post #7559239: mikan daifuku | Mochi with a mandarin orange inside (top part of the image).
- Danbooru post #5569877: yukimi daifuku | Ice cream mochi.
Tag related
- Danbooru post #6848532: mochitsuki | Ceremony where mochi is pounded with a kine.
- Danbooru post #8437415: mochi trail | The trail left by the pounding or stretched when eaten.
See also
- moon rabbit: Folktale about a rabbit pounding mochi on the moon.
- warabimochi: Despite the name, it is not made with mochi.
- dango: While it's a type of rice cake, it's different from mochi for using glutinous rice.
- kuri manjuu: Looks kind of like a daifuku but made with flour than mochi.
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