# Japanese Mochi

Japanese Mochi, Zenitsu's favourite dish, is a mind-blowing recipe of fried potato mochi with a sticky glaze and nori sheet.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 Potato (medium sized)
- 1 tsp Salt
- 4 tbsp Soya sauce
- 4 tsp Sugar
- 3 tbsp Cornflour
- Butter
- 1 tsp Pepper
- Mozzarella cheese
- Processed cheese
- Oil
- Nori Sheet
- White sesame seeds
- Water

## Instructions

1. Peel 5 medium-sized potatoes.
2. Cut the potatoes into thick pieces.
3. Wash the peeled and cut potatoes.
4. Boil the potatoes in salt water for 15 minutes or until soft.
5. Pour soya sauce and sugar in a bowl to make a sauce.
6. In another bowl, mix water and cornflour to make a slurry to thicken the sauce.
7. Pour soya sauce, sugar, and water into a pan and cook until the sugar melts.
8. Add the cornflour slurry and cook for 2 minutes until it thickens.
9. Drain the boiled potatoes.
10. Mash the potatoes and pass them through a sieve for a silky texture.
11. Add butter to the mashed potatoes.
12. Add 1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of pepper to the mashed potatoes.
13. Add 3-4 tbsp of cornflour to the mashed potatoes.
14. Mix all ingredients well and form a dough.
15. Shape the potato dough into a log.
16. Cut the potato log into equal-sized pieces.
17. Grate mozzarella and processed cheese into a bowl.
18. Make flattened patties from the potato pieces.
19. Stuff the potato patties with the grated cheese mixture.
20. Refrigerate the stuffed patties for 15 minutes.
21. Heat oil in a pan.
22. Shallow fry the potato patties until golden brown.
23. Remove the fried patties and place them on a paper-lined plate.
24. Brush the sticky glaze sauce on top of the fried patties.
25. Cut the nori sheet into small squares.
26. Place a square of nori sheet on each patty.
27. Insert bamboo skewers through the patties.
28. Sprinkle white sesame seeds on top for garnish.

## Equipment

- bowl
- potato peeler
- knife
- chopping board
- saucepan
- stove
- sieve
- fork
- grater
- pan
- spatula
- brush
- scissors
- plate
- skewer

## Tips

- For a silky potato texture, mash the potatoes and pass them through a sieve.
- Refrigerate the mochi for 15 minutes before shallow frying.
- It is advisable to cook it on a non-stick pan.
- Use a mixture of mozzarella and processed cheese for stuffing.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO8g7AXk_pf/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a77fb189-e48d-4abb-8e80-fa509f6622af
- Extracted: 2025-09-27

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