Japanese Rice Donut
How mochi met doughnut.
Japanese rice donut. The taste has a faint scent of rice too. A staple japanese food also simply known as rice balls. It s a japanese donut that is made with flour and glutinous rice flour making it a chewy donut. You can add any glaze you like as well.
The donut dough recipe came with a sanyo bread machine with a mochi pounding function. The texture is really fun if i had to put it into words. Easily portable and often a mainstay in bento boxes onigiri are quite easy to make. Those jelly donuts were actually onigiri.
The simple combination of japanese non gluten rice flour and tapioca flour makes the doughnuts light and flavorful and decorating them with a simple cream cheese glaze and freeze dried strawberries takes the yumminess to another level. To cook through the inside deep fry the dough slowly in low temperature oil. The history of the mochi doughnut is a bit of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. You may also enjoy them straight from the oven or simply drizzle the cooled doughnuts with melted chocolate.