葛餅 (Kuzu-mochi)

Kuzu-mochi

  • くずもち
  • Kuzu-mochi
  • Pitch 2
  • sweet dishes

Meaning

葛餅 (くずもち, Kuzu-mochi) is Kuzu-mochi — a Japanese food (sweet dishes).

What is Kuzu-mochi?

Kuzumochi are mochi made from kuzuko (starch from the kudzu plant) instead of rice. They are traditionally served chilled, topped with kuromitsu (sugar syrup), and kinako , roasted soybean flour or crumbles. A variant is kyūju - mochi (久寿餅[?]). It is made from fermented wheat starch and is local specialty dish in certain wards of Tokyo.