Recipe: Yummy Ishigaki Mochi

Ishigaki Mochi. Ishigaki Mochi is one of Japanese confections and a local sweet of Oita Prefecture. (we lived in Saiki, Oita) Ishigaki means the stone wall. This shape looks like stone wall, so they call it "Ishigaki Mochi." Ishigaki-Mochi is a snack. People used to have it during the farmwork in winter to spring.

Here is how you cook it. One of my hubby's lunch at school. He gave me an idea, since I'm planning to just boil all the sweet potatoes we've bought the other day. You can have Ishigaki Mochi using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ishigaki Mochi

1. You need 5 cups of sweet potatoes.
2. It's 3 cups of flour.
3. It's 4 tbsp of sugar.
4. You need 1 pinch of salt.
5. You need of Water.
6. You need of Parchment paper or any kind for steaming.

Now I'm giving it some twist. Ishigaki Mochi is one of Japanese confections and a local sweet of Oita Prefecture. He said that what drew him to Ishigaki was the slower pace of life, the nearby mountains, the low cost of living, and "the sea, the beautiful sea.". mochi, mikan (citrus fruit similar to . Staying in Ishigaki was the occasion to try all the wonderful tropical fruits, in particular the pineapple (the peach pineapple is a typical pineapple from the Island), small bananas and passion fruits, which were all in season.. mochi and deep-fried.

Ishigaki Mochi step by step

1. Clean the sweet potatoes and slice it into little cubes. Soaked it in water. Drain and Pat dry..
2. Sprinkle sugar and mix it. Add a pinch of salt. Meanwhile, you can boil water for the steamer..
3. Prepare the flour, sprinkle it in the sweet potatoes and mix. Add some water till it gets sticky..
4. Since I don't have parchment paper or whatever to be used for steaming, I used the oil absorbing paper 😁. I cut it into 4x4 size..
5. Put a handful into the paper and put it in the steamer..
6. Steam it for 20 minutes over high heat..
7. Serve while it's hot..

To get there, you need to fly from Naha, Okinawa main island into Ishigaki airport. Once you get there, it is probably best to rent a car, or at least a. After you are filled up on noodles, you can walk it off by hiking to the other side of the village and climb the steps heading towards the cliff. There you will find a magnificent view of Ōuchi-juku. You can oversee the entire village, and it is a great place to take a group photo.

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