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Treat your family and friends with this satisfying and easy to make mochi for dessert after lunch or dinner! Chinese Peanut Mochi, or LoMaiChi（糯米糍）, is a popular Chinese mochi across Asia. The vegan & gluten-free mochi can be found in Dim Sum restaurants and Chinese bakeries. These soft and chewy rice cake balls filled with…

Poi mochi (Stolen from Ono Kine Recipes) Courtesy of Charmaine Naauao-Ocasek, president, Uncle Lani's Hawaiian Poi Mochi Ingredients: Vegetable oil 1 10-ounce package mochiko (Asian sweet-rice flour) 3 cups sugar 1 12-ounce bag poi 5 cups water Heat 1-inch of cooking oil in skillet at 300 degrees. Mix mochiko, sugar, poi and water; blend well. Drop batter by teaspoonful in hot oil. Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Makes 3 to 4 dozen.

This is a specific type of mochi called “Kirimochi,” meaning “cut mochi,” and it can actually be pretty easy to make at home! While the traditional methods typically involve a large wooden hammer and mortar, a mochi maker is a good alternative. But we had neither of those, and instead used what we had (a KitchenAid Stand Mixer) and are happy with the results. Try Kirimochi toasted with soy sauce, sugar, or butter; or try it in Japanese soups like "ozoni." Check out the link to the recipe!

Tonight we had Hawaiian food for an early father's day dinner. They were going to buy kalua pig, but i thought, "hey, I can make that in my ...

Mini Hawaiian Butter Mochi recipe sweetened with condensed milk with hints of vanilla & coconut and baked in a muffin tin to maximize the crispy edges

Poi mochi recipe

We recently bought some frozen poi from Waipio Valley on the Big Island. Never tried the brand before, and didn't know how to mix it once it came out of the microwave, so it turned into a lumpy mess. Nobody wanted to eat it, so we came up with this new mochi recipe, which is Oishii Kata! It's a variation of a Chi Chi Dango recipe my mom has been using for years. It's super easy to make and if you don't have poi, you can omit it and still make soft, pillowy...