Kuzumochi くず餅

Kuzumochi(くず餅) are sticky mochi cakes made of kuzu powder, sugar and water. The texture is somewhere between gelatin and mochi, wobbly but not too sticky. It is traditionally served chilled. My mom and I deeply fall in love with this, so every time when we go to Japan, we must eat this. However, it is hard to buy it in Taiwan. Therefore, I decided to make it myself.

Kuzumochi Steps:

1. Put sugar, water and kuzu powder in a pan, heat over medium heat, keep stirring till it turns translucent and quite thick.

2. Pour in a square container, and smooth out the top with a wet spatula.

3. Let it cool down to room temperature and refrigerate for at least an hour.

4. Take it out of the container and cut into cubes.

5. The traditional way to serve kuzumochi is to add some black sugar molasses and some soybean powder. You can try all kinds of toppings, such as fresh fruit, honey, condensed milk with strawberries.

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Final Product:

If you would like to try the traditional way of eating Kuzumochi, there is a recipe of how to make Blackstrap Molasses.

1. Put brown sugar and water in a pan

2. Heat over small heat till it bowls.

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