Clearspring Organic Japanese Brown Rice Mochi 250g

 Sweet brown rice* (100%). *organically grown

Mochi is supremely versatile, easy to cook and generally served as the main ingredient of a meal. Traditionally, it is included in the first meal of the Japanese New Year, usually in soup or stew, as it symbolises longevity and wealth.

It can be oven-baked, grilled, pan-fried, deep-fried, or even boiled.

To oven-bake, cut mochi into 1-1.5” squares and bake in a pre-heated oven for 8-10 minutes. They will puff up and when done are brown and crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. If cooked too long, the surface cracks and the soft part inside oozes out. So, while cooking, watch carefully! Serve with dips or fillings of your choice such as tamari and maple syrup for a delicious sweet snack. Also, great wrapped in toasted nori with a tamari & ginger dip or cut into bite-sized pieces and add to soups or stews just before serving as crispy croutons.

Naturally filling and slightly sweet, this gluten-free, low-fat nugget of glutinous rice is also great on its own as a snack. For the ultimate quick and easy snack, shallow fry a couple of pieces of mochi, then roll the hot and squidgy rectangles in toasted nori smeared with grated ginger, tamari, tekka and wasabi... Heaven and whole-grain!

A matchbox-sized piece of mochi has the same calorific value as a small bowl of rice. For this reason, it is popular with Japanese farmers who often eat mochi on cold winter days to increase their stamina while samurai took mochi onto the battlefield because it was easy to carry, easy to prepare and a great source of energy.