Creamy Mochi Recipe
- 1 cup mochiko (sweet rice flour)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons kinako (roasted soybean powder), or to taste, divided
- Combine mochiko and sugar in a large microwave-safe bowl. Stir in milk, water, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Cook in the microwave at 1-minute intervals, stirring after interval, until mochiko mixture turns gelatinous, about 5 minutes.
- Dust a loaf pan with 1 tablespoon kinako; pour in mochiko mixture. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
- Cut loaf into 16 pieces. Dust pieces with remaining 1 tablespoon kinako.