Mochi MELTDOWN

Happy Monday, lovelies! Have you heard of mocha? NO, it’s not RAW. Bad me. I know, I know. But it’s SOOOOOO delicimous! Serioulsy. You HAVE to try this stuff (recipe follows).

Oops! I forgot. How are you feeling? Did you have a good weekend? How are your resolutions (just because I didn’t make any doesn’t mean that you didn’t) coming?

Okay…back to what I was saying. I. LOVE. MOCHI. It’s gooey-ooey-yummyness all rolled up into one. It’s pretty much as perfect as a food can get…a cooked food.

So what is this stuff? Well, mochi is made by soaking short grain glutinous or sticky rice overnight, cooking it, and pounding it into a sticky paste. The paste is molded, and sometimes blended with other flavors, such as mugwart and sweet brown rice
(my FAV). It’s OMIGODDELICIOUS.

And I totally binged on it. Yup. I had TWO FULL PACKS (that’s SIX blocks, or 12 individual servings, y’all). It was HEAVEN. OOEY, GOOEY, SMOOSHY, DELICIMOUS HEAVEN. No regrets, except that it is NOT raw, and I felt like crap waking up the next morning…weird how cooked foods do that to me know. I just felt…

HEAVY.

Now, that’s not to say that you won’t enjoy mochi and not feel that way. If you’re used to cooked foods, and haven’t been eating entirely raw for any length of time, you’ll probably die of pleasure. Seriously.

How to prepare it? Okay…one more thing, though. If anything, this little experiment has convinced me that being 100% raw is a GOOD thing for my body. YAY for revelations!

Sweet Mochi Puffs

3 squares mochi, halved
1 tbsp olive oil
powdered sugar
brown rice syrup

Heat skillet (preferably cast iron) and olive oil over medium heat. Add the mochi halves, so that they do not touch. Cover with a lid for four minutes (set the timer!!). After 4 minutes, remove the lid, and carefully flip the mochi. They should be starting to puff a little, and will be sticky. Recover with lid and allow to cook for three minutes more. move to a plate, sprinkle with powdered sugar and drizzle with brown rice syrup (agave would also work). Dig in!!