can you use ordinary sushi rice to make mochi?

Question

does it have to be only Sho-Chiku-Bai sweet rice or is any sushi rice (such as Sushi Chef) useable?

Answer 1

♡I think you should use 'glutinous rice' when making ↓'mochi'.
http://www.la-grange.net/2004/12/18-mochi-making-closeup.jpg
We call it 'mochi-gome' in Japan. It's a sticky type of rice best for making 'mochi. Hope this helps!♡
BTW, "Sho Chiku Bai" is Takara's main brand of Sake in Berkeley. I don't think it's a type of rice.
How to make mochi:
http://indo.to/english/netnihon/food/mochi.htm
1. Rice is steamed in wooden boxes.
2. After rice is cooked, it is moved to a stone mortar where it is then pounded with mallets by up to four men at a time. They often count or sing a song to keep in sync.
3. As the rice is pounded, it becomes a gooey glob.
4. One person turns over the glob of mochi between pounding
5. When the mochi becomes gooey enough, it is removed from the mortar and put on a table.
6. The women grab pieces from the glob and form it between their hands into round cakes.
7. Sometimes sweet bean paste, called anko, is inserted in the middle.
8. When cakes are finished, they are cooled in a wooden crate then distributed around the neighborhood.
☆byama is right,I should have said that's traditionally how mochi is made. I uually make mochi in my rice cooker on 'mochi mode', but I don't know if you have that or not? I live in Japan. (*^o^*) Sorry about that.

Answer 2

Sho Chiku Bai Sweet Rice

Answer 3

I just wanted to say ***Ignore the first two answers.*** Cyn's answer is great with its description of the community mochi-tsuki, but it's worth pointing out that you can also make mochi in your kitchen by hand or with a mochi machine.

Answer 4

Sushi rice is a short grain rice that is stickier than your normal "uncle bens" type rices. It could work, but definitely won't work well. You need that stickyness to keep it all together. Anything that says short or medium grain rice or specifically says "sushi rice" should work, and then you add some rice wine vinegar to the rice while it is cooling.

Answer 5

mochi-sushi? Is this a joke?

Answer 6

You can use any type of rice. I heard that other grains (like millet, for example) work great too, for a different flavor.

Answer 7

Don't believe that stuff of course you can use it.