0 a type of rice used in Japanese cooking, which is sweet with short, rounded seeds that stick together when cooked: --
In the mysterious dream, an itinerant monk came to the village as they were discussing how to pray for rain and in hunger stole some mochi.
To make these, take a small amount of mochi and stuff it or wrap it round a filling of fruit or sweetened azuki (red bean) paste.
In some places, "udon", "mochi" or "harusame" noodles may also be served.
At the end of the year, a yamajijii appeared, and it wanted mochi, so it was given a lot of it.
By this time, the kagami mochi is usually quite brittle, and cracks appear on the surface.
Children and others sit in the kamakura and serve "amazake" and "mochi" to visitors.
Because gyhi is more delicate, it is usually less frequently made and served than mochi.
She helps her family run the shop and invent new kinds of mochi.
