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By Ms Shi & Mr He

Warabi Mochi

10 steps
Prep:5minCook:10min
This chewy, soft, sweet, and jiggly warabi mochi could be the easiest Japanese mochi you can make at home. You will only need 3 ingredients to make the mochi cake: water, sugar, and warabi starch. Paired with our homemade brown sugar syrup and the classic roasted soybean powder, this 15-minute dessert can take your taste buds on a quick trip to Japan.
Updated at: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 02:38:16 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
67
Moderate
Glycemic Load
28
High

Nutrition per serving

Calories168.6 kcal (8%)
Total Fat1.4 g (2%)
Carbs37.9 g (15%)
Sugars21.1 g (23%)
Protein2.3 g (5%)
Sodium4.3 mg (0%)
Fiber0.6 g (2%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Instructions

To Make Brown Sugar Syrup

Step 1
Add ¼ cup of brown sugar and ¼ cup of water to a saucepan, heat over medium heat.
Step 2
Stir until the sugar is dissolved, keep it boiling for about 1 minute until it's sticky and thicken.
Step 3
Transfer the syrup to a container, set aside to cool down.

To Make Warabi Mochi

Step 4
Dust a plate with ¼ cup of roasted soybean powder and/or ¼ cup of matcha powder. Filling a large bowl with ice and water. Set aside.
Step 5
Add 1 cup of water, ¼ cup of cane sugar, and ½ cup of warabi starch to a nonstick pot. Stir with a whisk until dissolved.
Step 6
Cook the mixture over medium-low heat, stir constantly with a rubber spatula. The mixture will turn white and lumpy first, then turn thicken and smooth, and lastly turn half-transparent. The whole thickening process will take about 8 minutes.
Step 7
Turn off the heat. Transfer the warabi mochi dough into the iced water. Leave the mochi dough submerged in the ice water bath for 3 minutes.
Step 8
Pinch off a small piece of dough (about a ping pong ball size), put it on the dusted plate. Repeat until all the mochi dough has been transferred to the plate.
Step 9
Evenly coat each piece of warabi mochi with roasted soybean powder or matcha powder, transfer to a serving plate.
Step 10
Drizzle with brown sugar syrup just before serving.
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