World Flavors Cookbook

Warabi Mochi

Cool, jelly-like dumplings made from bracken starch, dusted with kinako (toasted soybean powder) and drizzled with kuromitsu (black sugar syrup).

Cuisine: Japan

Ingredients

• 100g warabiko (bracken starch)
• 50g sugar
• 400ml water
• Kinako (soybean powder)
• Kuromitsu (syrup)

Instructions

1. Mix warabiko, sugar, and water in a pot.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it becomes translucent and sticky.
3. Drop spoonfuls into ice water to cool.
4. Drain and coat generously with kinako.
5. Serve chilled with kuromitsu.