During the year-end and New Year holidays, "mochi" is often stocked at home. Here are three convenient goods that you can easily cook and enjoy.

■ Cat Mochiami (Kai)


Microwave cooking goods for rice cakes. It is developed from the Kai-branded cooking accessory series "Nyammy" with the motif of "cat".


The feature is, after all, a cute shape like the back of a round black cat. Put the cutted rice cake in water on it and heat it in the microwave to make it soft like fresh rice. Since it is embossed, it is also attractive that you can easily remove mochi. It is an item that you want to use together with the "Neko no Hashi" that is also developed from "Nyammy". The selling price (tax included) on the direct sales site is 660 yen for "Neko Mochiami" and 550 yen for "Neko no Hashi".




■ Mochikes (Akira Sangyo)


Bold kitchen goods that shave mochi into small pieces. Simply insert the rice cake and rotate it like a pencil sharpener to process it into flakes.




The finely chopped mochi can be mixed with sauce or added to dough such as okonomiyaki and panques. You can enjoy the thick and chewy texture unique to mochi. It's also a remedy when you get tired of eating mochi as it is. It is available on mail-order sites, and the selling price is around 800-900 yen.



■ Range Mochiami & Mochitsuki Set (Akira Sangyo)


A product that includes a microwave oven cooking utensil "Range Mochiami", a ball for "mochitsuki", and a spatula. First, put the mochi on the microwave oven and heat it in the microwave. When it becomes soft, transfer it to a bowl, add gum syrup and sesame seeds, and use a spatula to stick it. When the whole is mixed, cut it up and shape it to complete. If you add red bean paste to the finish, it will look pretty good.





It's not a full-fledged taste because it's very simple, but if you let a small child do it, you'll definitely enjoy it as if you were playing with clay. It is also good for consuming ingredients that are often left over, such as ground sesame and cocoa powder. It is available on mail-order sites, and the selling price is around 1,800-2,000 yen.

Three cooking goods that give a fresh impression to mochi, which is an old-fashioned ingredient. Why don't you get it for the days when you can enjoy mochi?