Pour peanuts into a blender and pulse for 5 seconds. The peanuts won’t be finely ground yet. Use a spoon or rubber spatula to scrape the peanut bits from the sides and pulse for another 5 seconds.

Mochi is a bite-size Japanese treat made of sweet glutinous rice flour wrapped around a sugary filling. Here are 5 mochi recipes that are almost too pretty to eat. 1. Strawberry Ice Cream Mochi. This ...

I love how the tradition of mochi spans memories and cultures, from Filipino bibingka and Chinese nian gao to Japanese mochi and Hawaiian butter mochi. Mochi’s presence in my daily life was fleeting.

Growing up, my favorite Chinese desserts were always the chewy ones. The texture is unique, some say it's an acquired taste, but for me, these stretchy desserts represent childhood and home. Lo mai ...

Kaya’s butter mochi recipe can me modified with chocolate. That last item, Hashimoto said, is made twice a day, two pans at a time. It’s a just-right mochi, perfectly smooshy and lightly buttery.

Right after the mochi cool, they’re still quite sticky when you cut them. If you prefer more cakey mochi and clean edges on your cuts, let them cool overnight before slicing. Whisk the rice flour, ...

Mochi is a bite-size Japanese treat made of sweet glutinous rice flour wrapped around a sugary filling. It’s perfect for a hot day, and thanks to TikTok, it’s easier than ever to make it at home.

King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of ...

When I was growing up, my mom coated slabs of niangao, a dense and sugary glutinous cake, in egg and fried them French-toast style. It was a dessert you had to eat right out of the pan. I’ve found ...

According to Japanese tradition, the shadowy man in the moon is actually a rabbit, and it’s using its powerful hind legs to pound mochi, a glutinous Japanese sweet-rice cake eaten as a snack and used ...

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