Let's eat mochi

This post is a belated story of making mochi (rice cake), a special food that is neccessary during the few first days of new year in Japan. Though you may find mochi whenever or wherever in Japan, making mochi is considered exclusive for the new year celebration or known as mochitsuki.

My friends and I joined the Scout children having fun making the mochi from scratch.

The boy and girl Scouts...

Steamed rice....

   

The steamed rice was crushed and grind in this big mortal using the wooden mallets 

Even the young Iman wanted to try using the mallet

Together, we made the red bean paste into small balls for the mochi's filling 

Voila! Mochi with red bean filling or daifuku

Some of us...