【What is Warabi Mochi ?】Jiggly Texture! Roasty flavor of Kinako! Do you know about it? Popular Japanese Traditional Sweets, Warabi Mochi!

2023-05-31

Saori

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Saori, the article’s already started.

Oh! Sorry Boss!! I was thinking about the Warabi Mochi frequently seen on the ranking list!

Top 100 Items this week

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Which one?Ah~！This snack! This snack is really good～！It’s a cookie but it’s texture is delish, and it’s one of my favorite snack that I eat once in a while too!

Bourbon Moist Warabi Mochi Cookies

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But, the Warabi Mochi I know is like this.

Ah～！I see!

So this clear one is Warabi Mochi and this yellow one is Warabi Mochi too?What exactly is Warabi Mochi!?

【What is Warabi Mochi ?】Jiggly Texture! Roasty flavor of Kinako! Do you know about it?Ranking high in the Popular Ranking, Japanese Traditional Sweets, Warabi Mochi!

True. That’s an honest question. Then let’s check what kind of snack Warabi Mochi is, and what it tastes like!

So what is Warabi Mochi?

A soft, melt-in-the-mouth wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets) made from warabi-powder (powder that is made by drying the starch from warabi plant roots). Commonly, people eat by adding accent topping like kinako, matcha powder, or Kuromitsu (Japanese Sugar Syrup).

A simple description of how it’s made is,

Add water, sugar and such to warabi powder
Put over heat, gelatinize the starch until thick
Cool at room temperature for about 10 minutes

To the above, add flavoring powder like kinako, then add Kuromitsu (Japanese Sugar Syrup) for even more deliciousness.

To flavor it, meaning the clear one doesn’t have flavor on its own!

Yes yes. It’s mainly a snack to enjoy the jiggly texture, so the delicious way of eating is by adding flavoring to it. So, to answer Saori’s question of whether the yellow snack in the ranking list is also Warabi Mochi? The right answer is yes, it’s Warabi Mochi. That’s Warabi Mochi that’s sprinkled with kinako, and deliciously flavored.

Trivia while we’re at it! What’s kinako?

Kinako is soybeans roasted, peeled, then grinded into powder form.
It’s characterized by the soybean’s toasty flavor and rich deep flavor, and it’s beloved from the old days as wagashi flavoring ingredient.

What is Kuromitsu (Japanese Sugar Syrup)?

Kuromitsu is made by taking black sugar from sugar cane and such, dissolved in water, then boiled down.
It has more varying nutrients than sugar hence has more complexity in its flavor, so it has a little distinct taste. It has a rich and sweet taste like caramel, and its compatibility with Warabi Mochi is fantastic!

I see～！So I can think of the yellow Warabi Mochi as having kinako sprinkled!

Yes, Warabi Mochi and kinako have an excellent compatibility so I think it’s a super delicious pairing! Warabi Mochi-related cookie and sweet bun are also pretty good, so grab this chance to try Warabi Mochi snacks!

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