How to Make Mochi the Traditional Way (Mochitsuki) 

The Royal Ace I was thinking the same thing 😂

The Royal Ace i literally thought i was the only one thinking this.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Dude, this comment made my day!

Lol, exactly the same

I want the transdimension tv. Two brothers would make the best movie

It's always frustrating to see something being called "mochi" but then learn it's just dango. I like dango. But it's so damn hard to find *mochi* out here in the States lol.

​@@nef36Yes most here is only dango or daifuku

I could understand the rice flour if it's *glutenous* rice flour (since whole sweet rice isn't accessible in many places) but ice cream bars? Why?

Ran Shibuki pounding your what?

Rhythm haha i was laying down when i saw this comment so there was no way that a hair couldve been on my screen you did not trick me this time

Ran Shibuki 餅付き

@@flame9276 mine is on dark screen so 😌

I miss those days

Hynce xD

Lol true

Omg whenever someone or something says oh man holy shit all I can think of is jungkook 😂

Lmao

Patrick star 🤔 ?

Everything, include making your own everyday meals!

but you make it from the charred crushed hearts and scorched blood of your enemies OwO

Or someones gonna get hit by it

perfect for hardworking japanese people

It would be amazing though. Getting to beat it up and at the end have a nice treat

bubblejuiceman Creamy and also "sticky" in my opinion.Great traditional snack or dessert.

Well i mean it also depends on what you put inside like red beans which is creamy

I don't think so. Mochi is more sturdy and sticky, like the texture of gum which gives it that 'pulling' ability.

I think it's もちもち。。。 ;)

bubblejuiceman trueee i did this in December

That vid was mint

Shin Da AY AY AY AY AY AY!!

Shin Da 3 pounds per second ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Clorox bleach thats what she wish she could say

Shin Da go look for it

You could buy the rice (mochi gome) at any asian supermarket in your town/city. If you do not have an Asian supermarket, you could find it at Amazon here,( www.amazon.com/Hakubai-0001115228668-Sweet-Rice-5-Pound/dp/B001OKCQ8O/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1469343194&sr=8-1&keywords=mochi+gome ) but it will be more expensive. がんばって！

+Kenji Lo Thank you. You're very helpful. Hopefully if I follow what I see here I can make something close to mochi.

If you have a winco around you, it is also available there

Yet another reason I desperately miss living in the DC area... Lots of different & easily available ethnic grocers that carry practically any ingredient a person needs to create authentic foods that aren't native to the US... :) fyi: I moved to the backside of nowhere after things got serious w/my husband of 28+yrs. His business wasn't easily relocated & I was able to work from anywhere. Plus, he doesn't like the large metropolitan cities b/c he says they're overcrowded; I love it for the diversity in shopping, dining, & more accessible art type venues.

U can buy it at any Asian market but make sure it’s is sweet rice or gluten rice.

Anime bae weeb. it's just okay, nothing to go out of your way for

Patrick Green eating mochi is not relevant to call someone a weeb

Hannah hush weeb

Hannah and the name is anime bae you weeb

you must be a weeb lol youre so lonely in your weeb world, you want to contaminate someone else with your weeb disease i might be half weeb though if i'd like anime but sad thing is that im half japanese that is disrespectful though, calling someone who ain't a weeb "weeb" well wow! i'm offended *cries*

omg im making that someday xD

George B Good luck trying not to die of food poisoning.

CrazySpinach 79 What...?

George B drama fever

😂

Yameeeteee

Yep the ones we had were the purple (ube) one or the sesame seed on. Though I never used to know why every body was so obsessed with these little purple blobs lmao

I did mochi in this traditional way yesterday with my family here in Japan (Shiga prefecture) ...my arms are still hurting! Haha

Green tea ice cream mochi is Aahhh so good!!!

Lmao, great reference

The way the rice is cooked in this video is the most traditional way by steaming it. The more modern way of cooking rice is in a rice cooker which boils then steams it. It shouldn't make that much of a difference, but the way to tell if the rice is ready is if you take some grains out of pot and could smash it with your hands, it's ready. Kneeding and pounding the rice time depends on how efficient the pounder is (20-40min). The texture your looking for is smooth and creamy with no stray grains of rice and very sticky consistency. Also, it is EXTREMELY important to do all this while the rice is hot because once the rice gets cold, it will be impossible to both pound and form into small pieces. I hope this helps. -K. Lo

Clorox Bleach like you😙

How did it go?

@@akaiappears hard, ADHD plus how clubs have to operate makes things super difficult

Sorcerer_Speedy Did you read the word "traditional" on the title? Also, with the skill, people can be 300x faster than this.

CrazySpinach 79 Thank you, my god

it was still pure rice and it would take a lot of time to make it moldy by hand

Using a hammer makes the mochi much softer and stretchy than doing so by hand. It also takes way faster to make it than by hand.

Not necessary a "press" machine, there are machines that can cook the rice and make mochi out of it. Most of this is the mochi that people will find in stores today. However, the process in the video is only done as to keeping to a Japanese new year's tradition.