Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ohagi (bota mochi). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ohagi (Bota Mochi) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Ohagi (Bota Mochi) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
Ohagi or Botamochi is one of those special foods we enjoyed during spring and autumn equinoxes every year. They are sweet rice balls filled or coated with red bean paste. Ohagi, or botamochi, are sweet rice balls which are usually made with glutinous rice. They are commonly eaten during higan periods in spring and autumn, a Buddhist holiday.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook ohagi (bota mochi) using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ohagi (Bota Mochi):
- Make ready 2 cups (*180ml cup) Glutenous Short Grain Rice
- Get *Note: You can replace 1/2 cup (90ml) of it with regular Short Grain Rice
- Take 1 pinch Salt
- Take Sweet Azuki Paste *Tsubu-an OR Koshi-an
- Take Kinako (finely ground Roasted Soy Beans) & Sugar *See ‘Method 5’
Ohagi and Botamochi are traditional Japanese sweet dumplings for Higan, a public holiday in Japan. Higan happens in spring around the vernal equinox and in autumn. Bota mochi is like a daifuku turned inside out, where the mochi ball is on the inside and the filling, such as red bean paste, is coated on the outside. My understanding is bota-mochi is named from botan (name of spring flower/ paeonia), and ohagi is from Rhubarb is correct.
Steps to make Ohagi (Bota Mochi):
- Wash Rice and place it in the rice cooker. Add water up to the 2-cups-marking. Allow to soak for 30 minutes if you have time.
- Add 1 pinch Salt and press ‘COOK’ button to start cooking.
- Transfer to a bowl. Using a pestle or something similar, pound the hot rice, wetting the pestle with Water frequently. Stop pounding when the texture is rubbery like Mochi yet you still see grains.
- Wet your hands with Water and make 3 x 4cm (or larger) balls, and cover with Sweet Azuki Paste or Kinako Sugar.
- How to make Kinako Sugar: Kinako is finely ground Roasted Soy Beans. Mix a same amount of Kinako and Caster Sugar with 1 pinch Salt.
- Easy method to cover with Azuki Paste: Spread Azuki Paste thinly on a sheet of plastic food wrap, about twice the size of the rice ball. Place the rice ball and wrap it and cover the rice ball with Azuki Paste evenly.
- *Note: Naturally you can do this process without the plastic wrap. Thinly spread Azuki Paste on your palm, place rice ball on it, then cover it around.
Bota mochi is like a daifuku turned inside out, where the mochi ball is on the inside and the filling, such as red bean paste, is coated on the outside. My understanding is bota-mochi is named from botan (name of spring flower/ paeonia), and ohagi is from Rhubarb is correct. You eat Botamochi at the spring equinox and ohagi at the autumn equinox. This ohagi recipe provides instructions for making traditional Japanese desserts/sweets out of azuki Enjoy a traditional wagashi dessert dating back to classical times with this easy ohagi mochi and red. Ohagi or Botamochi is a traditional Japanese sweet made with sweet sticky rice and sweet Azuki (red bean paste).
Foods That Make Your Mood Better
For the most part, people have been taught to think that “comfort” foods are terrible for the body and must be avoided. Sometimes, if the comfort food is a sugary food or some other junk food, this holds true. Soemtimes, comfort foods can be perfectly nourishing and good for us to consume. There are several foods that, when you consume them, may improve your mood. If you are feeling a little bit down and you need an emotional pick me up, try a number of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, are fantastic for helping you battle depression. Just see to it that you do not toss the yolk. The yolk is the part of the egg that is the most important in terms of helping you cheer up. Eggs, specifically the yolks, are loaded with B vitamins. B vitamins can be terrific for boosting your mood. This is because they help in improving the function of your neural transmitters, the parts of your brain that affect your mood. Consume an egg and cheer up!
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Cold water fish are great for eating if you wish to fight depression. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etcetera, they’re all high in omega-3 fatty acids and DHA. These are two substances that boost the quality and function of the grey matter in your brain. It’s true: consuming a tuna fish sandwich can really help you fight back depression.
It’s easy to overcome your bad mood when you consume grains. Quinoa, millet, teff and barley are all actually wonderful for helping increase your happiness levels. They fill you up better and that can help elevate your moods also. Feeling hungry can really make you feel terrible! The reason these grains help your mood so much is that they are easy to digest. These foods are easier to digest than others which helps kick start a rise in your sugar levels which in turn brings up your mood to a happier place.
Green tea is fantastic for moods. You knew green tea had to be mentioned, right? Green tea has been found to be rich in an amino acid referred to as L-theanine. Studies show that this specific amino acid can actually stimulate brain waves. This helps improve your mental acuity while having a relaxing effect on the rest of your body. You probably already knew it is not hard to become healthy when you drink green tea. Now you know that applies to your mood also!
Now you can see that junk food isn’t necessarily what you have to eat when you wish to help your moods get better. Try a few of these instead!
