Vibrant Green Creamy Zunda Edamame Mochi (Ohagi). This traditional Japanese dessert couples boiled mochi (rice cakes) and a vibrant green paste consisting of mashed edamame beans. Zunda mochi is typically associated with Sendai, but it is common throughout the entire Tohoku region. Edamame are seasonal. "Zunda mochi" uses edamame, or young soybeans, that can only be harvested for three to four days in the summer.

It is mochi covered with zunda, which is sweet edamame (green soybeans) paste. Zunda is mostly used for sweets but salty version is also eaten in Northeast Japan. You can find a variety of zunda flavored foods in the area, such as zunda. You can have Vibrant Green Creamy Zunda Edamame Mochi (Ohagi) using 4 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vibrant Green Creamy Zunda Edamame Mochi (Ohagi)

You need 1 cup of Edamame.
It's 4 tbsp of Light brown sugar (or white sugar).
Prepare 1 dash of Salt.
It's 180 ml of Non-glutinous rice: mochi rice (1:1).

Zunda Mochi uses very few ingredients. Really, it is just mochi (rice cakes, unsweetened) with a paste of edamame that has been slightly sweetened. Like all recipes, especially comfort food, there are many variations of Zunda Mochi. The ratio of edamame to mochi pieces varies, and some pastes.

Vibrant Green Creamy Zunda Edamame Mochi (Ohagi) instructions

Boil the edamame in salted water. Boiling a little longer than usual will make it easy when smashing them..
Remove the edamame from the pods, and remove the thin membrane as well. This takes patience! I get tired halfway through too, but keep at it~..
Place the peeled edamame into a mortar, and grind with a wooden pestle. You hit the edamame, so it becomes pounded bean paste (zunda) for the rice cakes . Mash with your willpower!.
Once the bean chunks have disappeared, add salt and sugar, and mash even further until smooth. It will be hard if there is not enough sugar, and will be a really loose an paste if there is too much. Adjust to your preference while checking the taste..
For those of you who lack willpower, feel free to use a food processor. This will leave behind a few grains, but it will smooth out when you mash it up in a mortar with salt and sugar..
Yes! It is done~ . We made a pretty green zunda-an. Good job! You can save this paste in the fridge..
As for the ohagi rice cakes, cook mochi rice and non-glutinous rice in a 1:1 ratio, and half-smash in a mortar etc. while it is still hot. Don't let it live, and don't kill it....
Roll the rice cakes into easy-to-eat pieces and coat with the paste. Coat the remaining rice cakes in grated sesame. Now, let's enjoy. These are delicious and homemade..
This is a heavy cream and zunda-an paste sandwiches . These are warm and fluffy soft sandwiches. It's also really good in cream puffs..
These are tofu shiratama dango dumplings..
Post-script: I was able to make a smooth paste in a food processor. After adding sugar and salt, I blended for longer until it thickened and it turned out ok..

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