Ohagi (Botamochi)

Sweet rice wrapped in red bean paste

Ingredients

• Sweet rice 4

• Regular rice 1

• Red bean paste

• Sugar

Directions

1. Combine both rice, add a little sugar, and cook in a rice cooker

2. Roll rice into small balls and wrap with red bean paste

Notes

• Sweet rice : Regular rice = 4 : 1

• Try to consume on the same day you make

• Homemade red bean paste (anko) with less sugar

• Offered to one’s ancestors and eaten during obon, the spring and autumn equinoxes