Easy Ohagi and Botamochi Rice Cakes

Name: Easy Ohagi and Botamochi Rice Cakes
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams ☆Plain cooked rice; 3 tbsp ☆Sugar; 2 tbsp ☆Hot water; 1 dash ☆Salt; 240 grams Sweetened bean paste (Store-bought, divide into 6); 1 tsp Matcha; 1 tbsp Kinako; 1 tsp Sugar; 2 tbsp White sesame seeds

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I made ohagi and botamochi rice cakes easily from plain cooked rice.

You can sprinkle on your favourite toppings such as black sesame seeds, ground sesame seeds, aonori seaweed powder, green kinako powder, green tea powder, etc. Enjoy your original ohagi and botamochi rice cakes. (Refer to Step 7.) Recipe by Stylish Mama

I made ohagi and botamochi rice cakes easily from plain cooked rice.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I made ohagi and botamochi rice cakes easily from plain cooked rice.

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Ingredients

6 servings

500 grams☆Plain cooked rice
3 tbsp☆Sugar
2 tbsp☆Hot water
1 dash☆Salt
240 gramsSweetened bean paste (Store-bought, divide into 6)
Matcha kinako
1 tspMatcha
1 tbspKinako
1 tspSugar
White sesame seeds
2 tbspWhite sesame seeds

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Steps

1

Put ingredients marked ☆ in a freezer bag and knead well. Divide into 6 pieces, and form into barrel shaped rice balls.
2

Spread bean paste over plastic wrap, and put the rice ball on it. Wrap the rice ball with the bean paste.
3

Make 6 ohagi rice cakes covered with the bean paste. Leave 2 of them as they are. Sprinkle matcha kinako powder or white sesame seeds on the others.
4

Sprinkle kinako powder on two rice cakes.
5

Sprinkle white sesame seeds on two rice cakes.
6

It is convenient to use a mold for making barrel shaped rice balls. You can get this from a 100 yen shop.
7

These are the variations of this recipe with different toppings.