Ohagi? Mochi? Help?

AnimeBaby112 · (#1 (**permalink**))

So, which is which? I read a recipe for Ohagi that looked very much like what people here in America call Mochi.
This stuff but with red bean paste.

If not, what is Mochi called in Japan?

Keaton421 · (#2 (**permalink**))

Ohagi uses a sweet red bean paste (azuki)

When you make mochi, the rice itself is pounded into a paste.

Amirite?

AnimeBaby112 · (#3 (**permalink**))

Ok. Thanks.

MMM · (#4 (**permalink**))

I am in America and do not call ice cream "mochi". Mochi is pounded rice cakes, most often eaten around New Year's.

Wasabista · (#5 (**permalink**))

Don't eat mochi! It's nasty sticky gooey stuff. Every year people die choking on it.

Keaton421 · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Wasabista

Don't eat mochi! It's nasty sticky gooey stuff. Every year people die choking on it.

Especially old people

AnimeBaby112 · (#7 (**permalink**))

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wasabista

Don't eat mochi! It's nasty sticky gooey stuff. Every year people die choking on it.

I think I'm pretty sure about my chewing skills.

Anyways, thanks guys. I get it now.

Nyororin · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Wasabista

Don't eat mochi! It's nasty sticky gooey stuff. Every year people die choking on it.

I happen to really like mochi. Not everyone chokes on it.
We have like... 2 bags of the stuff still sitting around and have gone through 3 since December.

Mochi is pounded and crushed mochi rice. You can`t use regular rice - it doesn`t reach the proper consistency and stickiness.

Ohagi generally has the bean paste on the *outside* instead of the inside, although in different areas it may refer to those that are filled.
In general, what you`re talking about is daifuku.

In Japan, the ice cream is referred to as daifuku ice cream. Mochi only talks about the rice part alone.