Anko Mochi
Mina Asobu Day - Every month at church, people in the community are invited to come and play. This month, we made mochi together.
Preparations before the children came: The week before, we sorted out all the bad grain from a big bag of rice. The rice had to be boiled, then drained. Anko (red bean) paste was rolled into little balls for filling.
The rice has to go through a mortar and pestle process to become sticky. First, two people with mallets slowly walk around the mortar and push the rice. Then, the rice is pounded with the hammers.
The sticky mochi is covered in flour. Uniform pieces are torn from the main glob and rolled until round.
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