Epic Mochi Fail

My swim instructor had mentioned that he had tried making mochi before and it didn’t turn out well. I’ve watched a good number of Japanese cooking videos and thought I might be able to pull it off. However I hate red bean with a passion so I opted for the plain sweet mochi recipe. Lets just say that it’s not as easy to master as it looks… >_>;

  

The sugar didn’t fully melt into the dough and was burning even with me lowering the heat and constantly stirring it. I ended up with little blobs that were ridiculously sticky, hard to handle, grainy and just massively sweet. (2 cups of sugar to 1 cup of sweet rice flour.) Trash can…

I’m not planning on attempting this recipe again however if I see any tips or tricks I may be persuaded…

Have you ever made mochi before?

Thanks for reading!

-Anna San♥

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Mochi Icecream – Cooking With Dog

Ah, mochi icecream, how I love you so! I’ve mentioned it in my blog posts Mochi Icecream! and Japanese Snacks and a Daruma but here is an actual video on how to make it by the Youtube channel CookingWithDog. I haven’t tried making it myself – though I’m really tempted!

Does anyone know where to get sweet rice flour locally?

 

Oden

Was watching some Cooking With Dog videos when I saw a “How to Make Oden” video listed in the suggestion bar – which in turn reminded me of this glorious sequence from InuYasha volume 1. :3

Have you ever tried oden?

Facebook Fried Rice

A few days ago someone had shared an easy recipe for fried rice on Facebook. This recipe is so easy that even I can make it! 🙂 (Sorry about the blurry progress photos – I chose the best available.)

PREPARE RICE

Boil 2 c water. Add 1 tbs of margarine.

Measure 1 c rice

Stir in rice

Cover and Simmer your rice for 15 minutes

Set aside.

Stir-fry Vegetables

Heat pan and add 3 tbsp of sesame oil. Chop one small onion and stir-fry to translucency.

Add 1 cup of (thawed) peas and carrots (I added broccoli too). Stir-fry to preference.

Adding Egg

Lightly beat 2 eggs

Shove your vegetables to the side and add the egg. Make sure to scramble!

Pulling it Together

Measure out a 1/4 cup of Soy sauce

Add the rice and soy sauce to the pan. Mix thoroughly and fry to desired texture.

Voila! It’s done!

It was really easy and I had all the ingredients on hand! I also think it tastes way better than the fried rice at the local Chinese buffet. 🙂

Thanks for reading!

-Anna San♥

Japanese Bento~!

An oldie but goodie from Cooking With Dog! 🙂 If you haven’t watched any videos from this YouTube channel you must go now! I have followed along with this video before (when it was new) and my favorite and most successfully recreated part of the bento was the potato salad! After my initial taste test I whipped up a large batch for my family and they loved it too! Japanese potato salad for the win!