Rice Cooker Ohagi (Botamochi) for Ohigan

Name: Rice Cooker Ohagi (Botamochi) for Ohigan
Yield: About 20 pieces
Ingredients: 2 rice cooker cups (about 1 1/2 cups/300 grams) glutinous rice (mochi rice); 1 rice cooker cup (about 3/4 cup/150 grams) regular white rice; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 pinch salt; Same amount as sugar (about 1 tablespoon) roasted soybean flour (kinako); Same amount as kinako (about 1 tablespoon) sugar; 1 pinch salt; About 7 ounces (200 grams) sweet red bean paste (anko, store-bought)

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To make ohagi (botamochi), just rinse the rice and start the rice cooker! All you need is a rice cooker and a rice paddle—no need for a mortar and pestle.
Recipe background: Made for my daughter who loves ohagi.

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Ingredients

About 20 pieces

2rice cooker cups (about 1 1/2 cups/300 grams) glutinous rice (mochi rice)
1rice cooker cup (about 3/4 cup/150 grams) regular white rice
1 tablespoonsugar
1 pinchsalt
Same amount as sugar (about 1 tablespoon) roasted soybean flour (kinako)
Same amount as kinako (about 1 tablespoon) sugar
1 pinchsalt
About 7 ounces (200 grams) sweet red bean paste (anko, store-bought)

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Steps

1

Rinse the glutinous rice and regular rice together. Add water to the 3-cup line in the rice cooker. Add the sugar and cook on the regular white rice setting.
2

In a large rice cooker, it takes about 45 minutes to cook. Once done, let it steam for about 15 minutes.
3

Mix the kinako, sugar, and salt together to prepare the coating. Divide the red bean paste into 6–7 portions, about 1 ounce (30 grams) each, and flatten them into oval shapes.
4

After steaming, add a pinch of salt to the rice and mix with a rice paddle.
5

Mixing with the rice paddle will mash the rice just enough. When it becomes sticky and chewy, it's ready.
6

Scoop the rice into oval shapes with the rice paddle. Place a piece of red bean paste on plastic wrap, then add the rice on top to finish.
7

For the kinako version, coat the rice balls with the prepared kinako mixture.
8

With kinako: use 1.75 ounces (50 grams) of rice per piece to make 13 pieces. With red bean paste: use 1 ounce (30 grams) anko plus 1.4 ounces (40 grams) rice per piece to make 7 pieces. You can make a total of 20 pieces (about 2 pounds/930 grams of rice mixture).
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Adding a pinch of salt to the kinako brings out its sweetness.