Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, japanese kusa (mugwort) mochi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Japanese Kusa (Mugwort) Mochi is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Japanese Kusa (Mugwort) Mochi is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
It is characterized by its deep green color, delicate flavor, and the typical sticky texture. Even though it can be eaten plain, it is often incorporated with other ingredients and wrapped around various fillings. I LOVE yomogi flavored mochi! "Yomogi" is a Japanese herb, called "Japanese Mugwort" in English, a.k.a. "Artemesia princeps" in the plant world. This is a very vigorous plant that grows like a weed all over Japan.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have japanese kusa (mugwort) mochi using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Japanese Kusa (Mugwort) Mochi:
- Take 60 g rice flour (40g rice flour+20g glutinous rice flour is more soft)
- Get 15 g sugar
- Get 1 bowl fresh mugwort
- Get water
- Take sweet red bean paste
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Your Backyard. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), foods are categorized as either "warming" or "cooling" for your constitution. Most leafy greens are cooling, but mugwort. Served with sweet soybean flour as a topping, Kusa-mochi is made with powder from the leaves of Japanese mugwort.
Steps to make Japanese Kusa (Mugwort) Mochi:
- I took fresh mugwort from my pot. Boil in hot water with a little salt until softened.
- Soak in water and squeeze. Put mugwort and 50 ml water in food processor and make mugwort juice.
- Mix dry ingredients and mugwort juice and add about 30ml water to make soft batter like this photo.
- Wrap with film and microwave for 60 seconds by 600w. Unwrap the film and mix with spatula and microwave for more 30 seconds.
- Place the Mochi dough on film and knead until very smooth.
- Cover film and spread thinly with rolling pin. Place sweet red bean paste.
- Fold the mochi dough in two and stamp it from above.
- Cut the edge and make good shapes.
- Enjoy with green tea 🍵
Most leafy greens are cooling, but mugwort. Served with sweet soybean flour as a topping, Kusa-mochi is made with powder from the leaves of Japanese mugwort. It is considered to be the taste of spring so give it a try! Kusa mochi literally means "grass mochi" because of its bright green color. It is made with Japanese mugwort, which is kneaded into the mochi.
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