When I was a very young girl, my mother often made this dessert. She used Potato Starch rather than Corn Starch, sometimes she used Water not Milk. It’s basically Milk or Water thickened with starch. I loved to eat it with Muscovado Syrup and ‘Kinako’, ground roasted soy beans. The gooey paste turns firmer and rubbery like ‘Mochi’ when it is cold, but I could hardly wait.
Makes
1 Serving
Ingredients
1/2 cup Milk of your choice *This time I used Soy Milk.
2 tablespoons Corn Starch Flour *OR other starch flour
1-2 teaspoons Sugar *optional
Your favourite topping
Method
- Combine Milk and Corn Starch in a heat-proof bowl and mix very well. Cook in the microwave in medium power. Cooking time depends on your machine.
- I set my machine at 600W, cook 90 seconds, mix well then cook 30 seconds and mix well.
- The gooey paste will turn firmer and rubbery like ‘Mochi’ when cold. Enjoy warm or cold, with your favourite topping. This time I had ‘Kinako’ (Ground Roasted Soy Beans) and Muscovado (Dark Brown Sugar) Syrup.
Comments
Anonymous
22/09/2024
Tried it out cause I’m curious about mochi, but there’s nowhere I can get the ingredients to make it that I can find here. It doubled in size and almost exploded out of the cup but thankfully I turned around to see it just in time XD I stirred it up with some marshmallows and vanilla. Surprisingly the marshmallows melted into it very quickly. It was kinda clumpy and tasted like Tapioca pudding. Would it have been smoother if I hadn’t stirred it and let it cool? Afterwards, I added some peach syrup I’ve been trying to make too and it tasted awesome! Is there a way to turn this recipe into a workable dough as well?
Hiroko
22/09/2024
Wow! What a challenge! To make the mixture smooth, you got to stir, but I don’t know what to suggest as I have never used marshmallow for any kind of Mochi, but I am curious now about it. I suggest you to make Milk Mochi following the recipe and instruction once, then you will know how to alter it.
Anonymous
17/08/2024
Awsome in the region that I live it’s super hard to get gloutenos rise
Anonymous
17/03/2024
Awesome recipe!!!
Anonymous
26/01/2024
Good Recipe but for me at first it was like Ezra and i thought i needed more cornstarch but in reality it was just that 600wats on my microwave wasn’t high enough and I just needed to cook it more. Please make sure you try and cook it a bit more before adding cornstarch or it won’t taste good! Thanks for the recipe (:
Hiroko
26/01/2024
Thank you for trying this recipe and posting the comment. Every microwave is different, and Corn Starch is also slightly different. What you write is absolutely right. My new microwave is 1100W and it doesn’t show the wattage. It is always a challenge to figure out the right cooking time.
Anonymous
4/03/2024
This recipe helped me on girls day (a Japanese holiday). It was helpful and good since I have all the ingredients to use for this recipe
Hiroko
5/03/2024
Do you celebrate ‘Hinamatsuri’? Since my daughter moved out, I haven’t done anything on that day, and dolls have been in boxes. I hope you enjoyed this treat.
Anonymous
11/11/2023
So good
AF
25/09/2023
I don’t know what Ezra did but I added chocolate powder to one batch and strawberry powder to another. It came out thick and gooey and now it’s setting in the fridge. So excited to find this recipe, my daughter has been begging for me to make this for her, but I can’t find glutinous rice flour anywhere 😅
Hiroko
25/09/2023
Thank you, AF, for your comment. I started losing my confidence in this recipe after Ezra’s comment. I am glad the recipe worked well for you. This is my mother used to make for my sisters and me, many years ago. You added chocolate and strawberry flavours. I will try that next time I make this Milk Mochi. Condensed Milk would be good as a sauce.
Ezra
23/09/2023
Terrible you need way more then 2 tbps of cornstarch I used like half a cup until it worked
Hiroko
23/09/2023
Hello Ezra. I am very surprised to know you needed half a cup of Cornstarch for 1/2 cup Milk. It’s an unimaginable amount to me, but probably we are after totally different firmness.
Anonymous
22/06/2023
So good! Absolutely love it!
Hiroko
23/06/2023
I am so glad to know there are people who enjoy this type of food. Hearing some people say this is disgusting makes me feel sad.
Anonymous
9/04/2023
could you use ice cream instead of milk?
Anonymous
25/04/2024
Yes!
Hiroko
10/04/2023
Do you mean you melt Ice Cream and mix it with Starch, then cook it? I think you should use Milk.
Anonymous
26/06/2022
hey i was wondering that instead of putting the topping on top could you put it on the inside so it is like a real mochi
Hiroko
26/06/2022
It would be great if we could do that, but unfortunately you can’t do that with this gooey paste made with starch. Search this website with keywords such as ‘Mochi’ OR ‘Dumpling’, you can find proper mochi recipes.
Moon
15/09/2021
I have not tried the recipe I was just wondering what it looked like before I tried to make it.
Saudari
9/08/2021
Such a quick recipe and it worked really well! I used milk and additional milk powder to really boost the milk taste. It has a delicate taste, so I might try more milk powder and sugar next time (although the delicate taste is lovely as well). Set in the fridge overnight and now I have a little bowl of milk mochi which we are going to eat with some palm sugar syrup (gula melaka) 🙂 thank you for the recipe!
Alexandra
7/08/2021
This was very tasty! I used rice flour, it went very well with brown sugar on top.
Hiroko
10/08/2021
Hi Alexandra. Thank you for your comment. I am glad to know there are more people who enjoy this kind of sweet.
Anonymous
1/08/2021
this was absolutely amazing!!!
Anonymous
23/07/2021
this is a terrible recipe, don’t follow it.
Anonymous
28/05/2022
This recipe is a great alternative if you don’t have rice flour Thank you
Hiroko
28/05/2022
I am glad I have found another person who enjoys a food like this Milk Mochi. Thank you for posting your positive comment.
Christy
1/12/2021
You are so rude, I loved this recipe so much and if you have anything mean and rude to say, say it to yourself in front of a mirror, because your the terrible one:))
Hiroko
24/07/2021
Hello, I wonder if you can let me know how terrible it was. I understand some people don’t enjoy this type of sweet.