Hey everyone!
I’m looking for a substitute for mochiko, which is a Japanese product described as “sweet rice flour”. The stores here used to carry the tried and true Blue Star brand, but no longer. I have tried using a Vietnamese product which matched the description (sweet rice flour). It’s texture seemed indefinably different, and it didn’t smell the same. I tried to make a dual-layer baked mochi in a pan, like you might get for Girl’s Day (at least in Hawaii)- your typical coconut milk, mochiko, sugar, baking powder recipe. It never failed me before. It failed, to say the least. Inedible, disgusting mass!
So- given I cannot get ‘real’ mochiko here, is there anything I can use as a decent substitute? Like I stated above, I tried a Vietnamese alternative and that was a definite no-go.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance,
BB