The history, culture, and lifestyles of the area are mixed and condensed in one plate of a local dish that has been passed for generations in mountain and fishing villages throughout Japan. We will introduce various unknown local dishes, also known as the soul food of the Japanese people.

Myoga Bochi

Gifu

A representative of the “taste of mother” that stays in your heart since childhood

Myoga Bochi

Myoga Bochi (Japanese ginger rice balls) is a local sweet of early summer, made in the mid-western part of Mino, Gifu prefecture. Sweetened broad beans are inside flour dough and wrapped in myoga leaves. Bochi is a local word for mochi (rice cake), which means dango (rice balls) locally. It is not a dish which uses glutinous rice (mochi rice).

Recipi of cuisin

  • flour500g
  • Salt1 pinch
  • water5 cups
  • broad beans1.2Kg
  • sugar1kg
  • soda20g
  • salt1 pinch
  • myoga leaves10
1.
Wash broad beans. Place in a pot with water and boil. Add soda when it starts boiling.
2.
Drain water once they are boiled. Wash in cold water while removing the skin.
3.
Wash broad beans, place them in a pot, put plenty of water and simmer. Add sugar when they are soft, mix well in order not to burn them. Turn of heat and let it cool.
4.
Spread flour on a cutting board. Place mixed dough and spread.
5.
Roll the sweetened broad beans into oval shapes of 3cm. Tear off the dough a little bigger than the beans, spread while making the center a little thick and wrap the beans.
6.
Wash myoga leaves well and wrap the rolled balls from the tip of the leaves. Place them in a steamer so they do not stick together, and steam for 3-4 minutes.

Information provided by : 岐阜県　農政部　農産物流通課

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