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It's snowing here in Va. today, so it's a day for comfort foods.  I found a
new one today:  chocolate mochi.  Mochi is a dessert made in Hawaii, the
Phillipines, Vietnam and probably other countries too - from mochiko rice
flour.  I bought a new box of Mochiko rice flour at the Asian grocery last
night and it has a new recipe on it.  It looked promising, so we gave it a
whirl:

Cocoa Mochi
1 box Mochiko rice flour (1 pound box)
3 cups water
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons powdered cocoa (unsweetened)
1 cup water
extra cocoa for dusting
Optional for chocoholics: half cup of gf chocolate chips to sprinkle on top
OR gf sprinkles

In a saucepan, mix sugar and cocoa well. Add 1 cup water and heat and stir
til the sugar and cocoa are dissolved. Turn off heat.

Mix rice flour and 3 cups water in a large microwave safe bowl until
mixture is smooth.  Cover and microwave on high power for 5 minutes.
Remove from microwave & mix well (it will be quite thick).  Return to the
microwave and cook 5 minutes more.  Remove from microwave.  Pour the cocoa
syrup mixture over the rice mixture (I had to move everything to a bigger
bowl at this point) and stir thoroughly until it is a smooth, uniform (but
thick) consistency.  Pour mixture into a greased pan (you could use an 13 x
9 inch pan but I used 3 loaf pans; the recipe on the box does not specify).
Sprinkle with chocolate chips (optional) or sprinkles. Cool until firm.
Dust top well with cocoa and turn out onto a cutting board.  Cut into small
squares.  Store in an airtight container & refridgerate.    Enjoy!

Becky in Va.

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