Editing Mochi (section)

==Popular uses==
Mochi may be eaten alone as a major component of a main meal and is used as an ingredient in other prepared foods.

===Confectionery===
Many types of traditional {{transliteration|ja|[[wagashi]]}} and {{transliteration|ja|mochigashi}} (Japanese traditional sweets) are made with mochi. For example, {{transliteration|ja|[[daifuku]]}} is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, such as sweetened [[red bean paste]] ({{transliteration|ja|anko}}) or white bean paste ({{transliteration|ja|shiro an}}).<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Moore|first=Willamarie|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/868923916|title=All about Japan : stories, songs, crafts, and more|date=2011|others=Kazumi Wilds|isbn=978-1-4629-0624-6|location=North Clarendon, Vermont|pages=34|oclc=868923916}}</ref> {{transliteration|ja|[[Ichigo daifuku]]}} is a version containing a whole [[strawberry]] inside.<ref name="Ichigo Daifuku">{{cite web|title=Ichigo Daifuku|url=http://www.kisaragi.co.jp/product/daifuku_ichigo.html}}</ref>

{{transliteration|ja|[[Kusa mochi]]}} is a green variety of mochi flavored with [[Artemisia princeps|mugwort]] ({{transliteration|ja|yomogi}}).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yamashita|first=Masataka|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903974479|title=Tanoshii Wagashi : little bites of Japanese delights|date=2015|isbn=978-981-4561-95-2|location=Singapore|pages=34–37|oclc=903974479}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> When {{transliteration|ja|daifuku}} is made with {{transliteration|ja|kusa mochi}}, it is called {{transliteration|ja|yomogi daifuku}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MEBUKIYA Yomogi Daifuku, 220 G|url=https://shop.ichibalondon.com/products/mebukiya-yomogi-daifuku-220-g|access-date=June 14, 2021|website=Ichiba Online Marketplace|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614003519/https://shop.ichibalondon.com/products/mebukiya-yomogi-daifuku-220-g|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dr. Henschel|first=Detlev|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959991172|title=Edible Wild Plants - Mother Nature's Delicacies Eat or Die!|date=2016|isbn=978-3-7375-8111-0|edition=1. Auflage|location=Berlin|oclc=959991172}}</ref>

===Ice cream===
{{main|Mochi ice cream}}
Small balls of [[ice cream]] are wrapped inside a mochi covering to make [[mochi ice cream]]. In Japan, this is manufactured by the conglomerate [[Lotte (conglomerate)|Lotte]] under the name {{transliteration|ja|[[Yukimi Daifuku]]}}, "snow-viewing {{transliteration|ja|daifuku}}".

===Soup===
* {{transliteration|ja|[[Oshiruko]]}} or {{transliteration|ja|ozenzai}} is a sweet [[azuki bean]] soup with pieces of mochi. In winter, Japanese people often eat it to warm themselves.
* {{transliteration|ja|Chikara udon}} (meaning "power udon") is a dish consisting of [[udon]] noodles in soup topped with toasted mochi.
* {{transliteration|ja|[[Zōni]]}}. See New Year specialties below.