Know anything about real Japanese traditional cuisine?

Question

I want to make something I had in Japanese class years ago. This is what I remember, you make it from powered rice. It is made into balls and put in a wok. When it floats, it's done. My teacher served it in soy sauce and sugar. I remember it was really gooey. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think I know what you're talking about... it's a savory mochi soup called Zoni.

Here's a simple recipe
1 cup of "Mochiko" Sweet Rice Flour or Glutinous Rice Flour
1 cup of water
1 tsp salt

Mix flour and salt...
Slowly add water to form a soft dough... if it's too wet add more rice flour or vice versa.
Roll and boil until it floats.
Eat with soup or as you mentioned above.

You can also make a soup... see link below.

Answer 2

it could be several things! all these things are made from pounded rice, and dry pounded rice would look like powder. they all come in balls and can all be boiled!

zongzi/gyoza or rice dumplings sounds like a contender, obagies/botamochi or sweet rice dumplings also! the generic name for dumplings is dango. there is also a Japanese desert called mochi or rice cakes which is very sweet and gooey and is made from pounded rice.

try typing these names into the Internet and I'm sure there will be recipes somewhere!

Answer 3

Probbaly you mean Age Okaki.
http://konny.fc2web.com/info/recipe_okaki_e.html

I don't know how your teacher made it.
Did she have ready-fry rice balls?
or made from the real rice flour and others?
If so,,, it is little hard to explain on the net in English.

Probably young Japanese girls won't be able to cook this from rice flour today.

If you are in the US, this shop has the flour, probably. Consult with the link.
http://www.maruwa.com/index_e.html

Answer 4

In Japan they have a tradtional formal type dinner, equivalent to the Western setup, soups, fish classes, meats, noodles, and fruit dessert classes, yet like the tea ceremony, that's extra based and there are set basic techniques to prepare and serve the nutrition. a appropriate eastern dinner can final countless hours, with sake, tea and different beverages blanketed, they have an inclination to do this for govt's in employer situations or once you circulate to between the warm Springs for a holiday.

Answer 5

are you talking about mochi?