Strawberry Mochi Recipe
Homemade mochi shaped like cute strawberries! Combining rice flour and water are a quick way to make mochi at home.
Servings: 10 strawberries
Calories: 39kcal
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup shiratamako rice flour
- 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp water
- 1/4 tsp matcha powder optional
- green food coloring
- 1/2 tsp dehydrated strawberry powder optional
- pink and red food coloring
- Coconut Syrup from my Candy Heart Dumpling recipe
Instructions
Shape the Strawberries
- Place the rice flour into a bowl and gradually add the water. Make sure you add it gradually! It will impact the texture if you add it all at once. Knead with a spoon until the dough forms into one piece and is firm enough to be pinched or rolled into a ball and retains its form when placed down. Depending on the humidity of your environment, you may need to add a bit more flour or water, but do so very gradually.
- Take 1/4 of the dough and dye it green with food coloring. You can add the matcha powder for some added flavor, if desired.
- Add the strawberry powder to the remaining dough, if desired. Add 1 drop each of pink and red food coloring and knead the dough until incorporated. Divide the dough in half and add an additional 1 drop of red and pink food coloring to one ball of pink dough and knead to incorporate.
- Divide each pink ball of dough into 5 pieces and shape them into strawberries. Place them on a plate lined with plastic wrap.
- Divide the green dough into 11 pieces. Shape 10 pieces into balls, then flatten with a mug and use a skewer or a knife to shape them into little flowers. Stick these on top of the strawberries. Use the remaining green dough to create stems on the strawberries. Use a toothpick to poke dimples into the strawberries, mimicking seeds.
Boil the Mochi
- Fill a medium-sized bowl with ice water. Set aside.
- Place the mochi into a pot of boiling water. Once the mochi has risen to the surface (they might stick to the base of the pot, so give them a gentle nudge to unstick), boil for 4 minutes.
- Immediately place them in the bowl of ice water. This will stop the cooking and prevent them from getting too soft.
- Serve on a plate or on a skewer.
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Notes
I recommend using my coconut ginger syrup as a sauce! Recipe here: https://www.pankobunny.com/recipes/candy-heart-coconut-dumplings
Nutrition
Serving: 1 strawberry | Calories: 39kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.49g | Protein: 0.63g | Fat: 0.15g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Potassium: 8mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.01g | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.04mg