Mochi

A Japanese New Year's Tradition

First, rice is pounded to a smooth, sticky, glutenous mass.




Then this mass is broken into pieces and rolled into balls, which are sometimes dipped in different sauces or filled with sweet red bean paste. Yummy! I love mochi, and used to buy big bean filled daifuku back in Victoria, but maybe it's an acquired taste because lots of the other foreigners I've met here don't like it...