【Japanese Food Recipes】Special Mochi eaten in June ("Minazuki")

"Minazuki" is a kind of mochi eaten in June.
Minazuki means "June" in ancient Japanese. Many Japanese sweets shops offer minazuki during the month of June.
In old times, 1st of June (ancient calender) was the "Day of Ice". The nobles and the government elite would perform a ritual of eating a piece of ice to ward off harsh heat in the coming summer season. The ice was natural ice stored in a special ice house. As the ice was a luxury item in those days, ordinary people started to eat minazuki resembling the ice.
[Ingredients] (18cm x 18cm)
230g sugar
85g cake flour
75g rice flour (joshinko)
30g glutinous rice flour (shiratamako)
25g kuzuko
330ml water
2g salt
160g candied azuki beans (nure amanatto)
50ml water
50ml sugar
1g agar powder
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[@KateCarew]

Love this video! Very informative and I love how simple the presentation is.
I’d love to try this, I love adzuki beans and mochi 🙏🏻

[@palomasdailykitchen]

Thank you! Glad to hear that you like azuki beans and mochi, cause I love them too 😆

[@user-bo9zc6qc2x]

There are some ancient Himuro氷室 in Òita prefecture. I first knew6月1日is 氷の日😊

[@palomasdailykitchen]

Really! I didn't know about the himuro in Oita. I'm impressed by your expertise in Japan😳

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@@palomasdailykitchen I'm a Japanese who is studying English with your youtube and living in Oita prefecture. がんばってください！

[@palomasdailykitchen]

@@user-bo9zc6qc2x なんと！笑　That explains a lot ! Thanks a lot for your support, and good luck on your studying! 😊