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Mochi is one of the traditional snacks, what is mochi made of?

Introduction: Mochi is often seen in the supermarket, is packed up by the box, there are eight round especially lovely, when you first eat it will be a little hard, but as long as the chewing for a while, the mouth will be full of fragrance, the shape of the mochi is usually round, there are also rectangular, very tasty, and the production method is particularly simple, so what is the origin of the mochi? What is the production process of sweet potatoes. The following is a small collection of information about the sweet potato, interested friends can take a look.

I, basic information

Sparing potatoes are made from glutinous rice and different fillings made of pastries, looks close to round, soft sweet and other characteristics, the Japanese people often made of starch elastic food called cake, spuds is a traditional Chinese cuisine in different places practice is not the same, and the name is not the same, will be used as a New Year's decorations in Japan, the mirror cake is made of two round spuds plus oranges placed on top of the composition, because the orange in Japan harmonized with a few. Because orange in Japan resonance has several generations meaning, such as eternal family generations of prosperity, many people in Japan because of eating spuds caused by asphyxiation deaths accidents, in Taiwan, people like to eat spuds in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Taiwanese will say that the Hakka method to do it out, spuds the lowest to the most traditional flavors are also the most delicious.

Two, glutinous rice spuds

The production process is very simple, first of all, to wash the glutinous rice clean, and then put into a bowl to soak for a while, beaten into a rice paste on one side, and then use the rice paste for dehydration, and then the rice paste rolled into a round, rolled ten or so, and get it done and then put it into a pot to cook a cook 20 minutes or so on a medium flame can be steamed, steamed into a translucent type, to be put out of the pot after ten minutes of sprinkling with sugar and sesame seeds. Ten minutes sprinkled with sugar and sesame seeds can be eaten, this practice is suitable for housewives to make at home, if, if there is a child at home, personally at home in the kitchen, to the children to do delicious delicious glutinous rice spuds is a very enjoyable thing to do, the children must like to eat.

Three, sweet potato filling

First we have to prepare the materials have glutinous rice flour, butter, cocoa powder sugar, sweet potato puree, etc., first of all, these ingredients will be rolled and kneaded, add water, take out while it is still hot, in the whole process, the dough is no longer sticky hands, which means the dough is good.