# subsitute for mochiko?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsitute-for-mochiko/586939>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 26, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsitute-for-mochiko/586939 "2011-06-26T20:35:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bamboo\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Bamboo\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bamboo_Boy)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsitute-for-mochiko/586939/1 "2011-06-26T20:35:15Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subsitute-for-mochiko/586939/2 "2011-06-27T00:18:59Z")

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No idea, but the solution may be to [mail order](http://www.foodpakexpress.com/products/Koda-Farms-Mochiko-Sweet-Rice-Flour,-16-Ounce.html) it. They have it one unit, or case lots. How much were you planning on making :dubious: