Best Japanese Mochi Rice Cake Recipes

List of top traditional and unique Japanese rice cake recipes

Mochi or Japanese rice cakes are one of Japan’s favourite dishes. It is not only a traditional food with a variety of ways to enjoy it, but it has also been incorporated into modern dishes of various international cuisines. The following is a list of recipes with many great and varied ways to enjoy rice cakes.

Mochi fryers please enjoy this article on our blog: everything you need to know about mochi.

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Sakura Mochi (Cherry Blossom Sweet Rice Cakes) Mochi for Girl’s Day, Hinamatsuri. Yoshika Sakai / Snapshot / Getty Images

Sakura mochi, or cherry blossom sweet rice cakes, are a traditional Japanese dessert to enjoy on March 3, or Girls’ Day, also known as Hinamatsuri or Doll Festival.

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How to make yaki mochi (grilled Japanese rice cake) Yaki mochi (grilled Japanese rice cake). Gyro Imagenavi/RF/Getty Images

Learn how to easily grill Japanese rice cakes (mochi) for a rustic and favourite dish.

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Kyoto White Saikyo Miso Ozoni (New Year’s Mochi Soup) Saikyo Miso Ozoni (White Miso Mochi Soup for the New Year). Photo Credit: Imagenvi / Getty Images

Ozoni is a Japanese soup and on New Year’s Day (Oshogatsu) enjoy rice cake (mochi). This version is made from white miso from the Saikyo region of Jaika.

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Vegan Ozoni (Japanese New Year’s soup with rice cake) Vegan Ozoni. Getty Images

There are many different variations of Japanese New Year soup, or ozoni. This traditional dish can easily be made vegan using konbu (brown rice) dashi and Vegetable Recipes.

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Matcha (green tea) mochi (rice cake) bars Matcha mochi bars (green tea rice cakes). Photo Credit: © Judy Ung

Mochi bars are a sweet dessert made from gelatin rice flour and matcha powder, and baked in the oven until the center is chewy and shiny and a light, crisp crust forms.

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Kinako Mochi (rice cake, toasted soy flour) Kinako Mochi (rice cake, onion toasted soy flour). Photo Credit: © Judy Ung

Kinako mochi is one of the simplest options for Japanese rice cakes. Kinako, or roasted soy flour, is mixed with granulated white sugar and then dried on warmed rice cakes.

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Tofu Mochi (Rice Cakes) Sweet Kinako (Toasted Soybean Flour) Tofu Mochi (soybean rice cake) with honey and Kinako (soybean flour). Photo Credit: © Judy Ung

Tofu Mochi is a rice cake made with tofu and meaty rice flour, then seasoned with a light dusting of sweetened roasted soy flour (kinako).

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Norimaki Mochi (rice cake with sweet soy cheese and seaweed wrapped) Norimaki Mochi (seafood sweet glazed rice cake). Photo Credit: © Judy Ung

Norimaki mochi, also called “isobeyaki”, is a toasted rice cake flavored with a sweet soy sauce glaze and wrapped in crispy dried seaweed (nori).

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How to make Japanese rice crackers (Okaki). Rice crackers (Okaki); Fried Mochi rice cake. Photo Credit: Gary Conner / Stockbyte / Getty Images

Rice crackers aren’t just for buying at the local grocery store. It can be made at home quite easily. Find out how!

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Chi chi dango mochi, also called coconut mochi, are small pillow-soft, bite-sized pieces of rice cake, often made in colorful batches or as fruit flavors.

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Chimaki is a sweet traditionally served on Boys’ Day or Japanese Children’s Day on 5 May. It is a sweet, sticky rice cake wrapped in a bamboo leaf.