A friend regifted these 4-5-cm white rectangular prisms to us and only knows they are Japanese food of some kind. They were initially frozen; after thawing and trying a corner, I can say the taste is starchy and dry. Since there is no sweet or fishy flavor, I reckon they are not kamaboko or wagashi of any kind. Thanks in advance!
by chrisjayne12
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Is it just plain mochi?
Homemade mochi
Looks like mochi
starchy and dry are two of the three words I’d use to describe mochi alongside sweet
Looks like plain mochi
It is Kirimochi. You should try Isobeyaki recipe
Butter
Once thawed or out of package, it gets moldy pretty quick so eat quickly.
Easy way is Pan-fry them in butter or olive oil until it’s golden on both sides (flip them), lower the heat and put lid on top so that mochi gets soft all the way in, then drizzle soy sauce over it to finish.
Soy sauce gets bitter when its burn so add it after you turn off the heat but pan is still hot.
Thank you all! It’s most certainly kirimochi / homemade plain mochi. I’ll try something simple like isobeyaki. Y’all have an ambrosial day
It looks like plain, homemade mochi! Yum! I love that texture!
You can throw this in a toaster oven or regular oven and let it puff up. Then we would throw some sugar and soy sauce on top! Some parts would be crispy and parts would be soft and gooey (depending on how long you had it in the oven. Also you can freeze it for later. I would put in the toaster oven and toast it which would soften it enough that I could cut it into smaller squares. I would then toast them again – they would puff up and you can get kind of like little croutons that I would throw into soup.
Also my aunt would take these when she went camping. I think she would pan fry them in butter and soy sauce and wrap them in seaweed/nori to eat