For the Lunar New Year, the Japanese celebrate with kagami mochi (or mirror rice cake) and Koreans enjoy tteokguk, or rice ...

It’s subtly sweet with a rich ... that differentiates it from the traditional Mochi. Traditional mochi is a Japanese rice cake made from pounded glutinous rice. On the other hand, butter ...

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

Stir mochiko — a sweet, glutinous rice flour that lends a bouncy, chewy texture — into the carrot puree; knead until smooth. Working with one tablespoonful of mochi dough at a time ...