Editing Mochi (section)

==Other variations==
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* {{transliteration|ja|[[Dango]]}} is a Japanese [[dumpling]] made from {{transliteration|ja|mochiko}} ([[rice flour]]).<ref name=":3" />
* {{transliteration|ja|[[Warabimochi]]}} is not true mochi, but a jelly-like confection made from [[bracken]] starch and covered or dipped in {{transliteration|ja|kinako}} ([[soy flour|soybean flour]]) with sugar. It is popular in the summertime and is often sold from trucks, not unlike [[ice cream truck]]s in Western countries.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Warabimochi {{!}} Traditional Dessert From Kansai Region {{!}} TasteAtlas|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/warabimochi|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=www.tasteatlas.com}}</ref>
* {{nihongo||饅頭/まんじゅう|[[Manjū]]}} is not a true mochi, but a popular traditional Japanese confection made of flour, rice powder, buckwheat, and red bean paste.<ref name=":3" />
* {{nihongo||索餅|Sakumochi}} is deep-fried rice cake twisted into a rope shape. It is often consumed during the Japanese [[Star Festival]] called {{transliteration|ja|tanabata}}. There is some confusion about its origin based on evidence from historical records of a dish called {{nihongo||索べい|sakubei}}, which some scholars believe was a [[confection]] while others think it was an early form of the [[wheat]] noodle {{transliteration|ja|[[sōmen]]}}. ({{transliteration|ja|Sakubei}} was made from a mixture of wheat flour and rice flour).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ishige |first1=Naomichi |title=History Of Japanese Food |date=June 17, 2014 |publisher=Routledge |page=77 |isbn=9781136602559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0nXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77}}</ref>
*"[[Moffle]]s" (waffles made from toasted mochi) were introduced in about 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080319f1.html|title='Mochi' moffles reinvent the waffle|first=Kazuaki|last=Nagata|date=March 19, 2008|via=Japan Times Online}}</ref> They are made in a specialized machine as well as a traditional waffle iron.
*[[Mochi donuts]] are a hybrid confection originally popularized in Japan by the chain [[Mister Donut]] before spreading to the United States via Hawaii.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=September 23, 2020|title=Mochi Donuts Are the Japanese and American Pastry Hybrid Sweeping the Nation|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/what-are-mochi-donuts|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Thrillist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 2, 2020|title=MoDo Hawaii's wildly popular mochi donuts are coming to the Bay Area {{!}} Peninsula Foodist {{!}} Elena Kadvany {{!}} Palo Alto Online {{!}}|url=https://paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2020/12/02/modo-hawaiis-wildly-popular-mochi-donuts-are-coming-to-the-bay-area|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=paloaltoonline.com}}</ref> This confection is "a cross between a traditional cake-like doughnut and chewy mochi dough similar to what's wrapped around ice cream".<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 20, 2020|title=Mochi doughnuts are sweet, chewy and delightfully uniform|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/rj-magazine/mochi-doughnuts-are-sweet-chewy-and-delightfully-uniform-2125355/|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal}}</ref> The Mister Donut style, also known as "pon de ring", uses [[tapioca flour]] and produces mochi donuts that are easy to pull apart. Another variation developed in the United States uses glutinous rice flour which produces a denser mochi donut akin to Hawaiian-style [[butter mochi]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kocher|first=Sarah|date=April 24, 2021|title=Never heard of a mochi donut, or dying to get your hands on one? Either way, a Sartell baker has you covered.|url=https://www.sctimes.com/story/money/business/2021/04/24/home-baker-bringing-modified-taste-southeast-asia-st-cloud/7302059002/|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=St. Cloud Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Woo|first=Candice|date=April 19, 2021|title=Mochi Doughnut Craze Coming to Convoy|url=https://sandiego.eater.com/2021/4/19/22392015/mochi-doughnut-donut-korean-hot-dog-convoy-san-diego|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=Eater San Diego}}</ref> Mochi donuts made from glutinous rice flour "typically contain half the amount of calories as the standard cake or yeast doughnut".<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 23, 2021|title=Japanese mochi doughnut chain opening new RiNo location|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2021/04/23/dochi-donut-rino-location-denver/257196/|access-date=June 13, 2021|website=The Know}}</ref>