: a doughlike mass made from cooked and pounded glutinous rice used in Japan as an unbaked pastry
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Satisfy your sweet tooth with a mochi donut or creamy boba tea.
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Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Several of the recipes below use glutinous rice flour, a staple of East and Southeast Asian cooking that makes all kinds of tempting treats (mochi among them).
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
Duyen’s dish is as picturesque as Brandon’s, with a little bottle of coconut cream to pour into her mochi bowl.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
Here, that plump short-grain rice takes on a wonderfully varied texture when roasted — with a soft chew at the center and edges, as if mochi and a potato chip had a love child.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
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Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Several of the recipes below use glutinous rice flour, a staple of East and Southeast Asian cooking that makes all kinds of tempting treats (mochi among them).
—Hannah Lee Leidy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
Duyen’s dish is as picturesque as Brandon’s, with a little bottle of coconut cream to pour into her mochi bowl.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
Here, that plump short-grain rice takes on a wonderfully varied texture when roasted — with a soft chew at the center and edges, as if mochi and a potato chip had a love child.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Mochi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mochi. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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