About Japanese Food: Tofu Mochi (Rice Cakes) with Sweet Kinako (Roasted Soy Bean Flour)

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Japanese Food Japanese Food Basics Easy Recipes Traditional | Holiday Recipes From Judy Ung, your Guide to Japanese Food In Japan, the winter season, especially just before the new year, is known as a time for making rice cakes or mochi. As such, enjoying mochi during these colder months is quite traditional. While mochi is often made with only rice or glutinous rice, the non-traditional addition of tofu (soy bean curd) adds protein to an otherwise carb-heavy food. See the recipe on our blog today! Tofu Mochi (Rice Cakes) with Sweet Kinako (Roasted Soy Bean Flour) Tofu Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made with soy bean curd and then dusted with sweet kinako or roasted soy bean flour. Search Related Topics:  rice cakes  tofu  mochi 10 Best Japanese New Year's Dishes (Osechi Ryori) 10 best Japanese New Year's dishes (osechi ryori) to include for your next celebration. Search Related Topics:  osechi ryori  japanse new year's food  oshogatsu Vegan Ozoni (Japanese New Year's Soup with Rice Cake) Ozoni, or zoni, is a traditional Japanese soup with vegetables and rice cake (mochi) that is enjoyed on New Year's Day, or oshogatsu. Search Related Topics:  osechi ryori  japanese new year food  japanese soup Japanese Sweet Red Bean (Tsubuan) Dessert Dumplings Festive star-shaped red bean dumplings, a wonderful Japanese-influenced dessert of sweet red beans in a gyoza wrapper and fried. Perfect for holidays. Search Related Topics:  sweet red beans  japanese dessert  anko recipe Related Searches Japanese Food Cooking Japanese Snack Food Recipes Cake Recipe Soy Protein Featured Articles Shop for Japanese Food Online Glossary Modern Japanese Recipes Japanese Food Basics Blog Japanese Fish & Seafood Recipes   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Want More From About.com Check out our social page tailored to your interest! This newsletter is written by: Judy Ung Japanese Food Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Japanese Food newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Connect with Judy Ung via Social Media Pinterest Google+ Instagram   Follow me on: Advertisement