Moche (also spelled mochi or muchi; pam, mutsi) are
Pampangan glutinous rice balls with a bean paste filling. Made from ''
galapong
Glutinous rice (''Oryza sativa var. glutinosa''; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amylose ...
'' (ground-soaked
glutinous rice) and filled with
mung- or
red bean paste, it is shaped into balls or ovals. ''
Bukayo
''Bukayo'' is a Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips. It is traditionally made by simmering strips or shredded bits of young, gelatinous coconut (''buko'') in water and ''sinuklob'', which is sugarcane muscovado sugar melted int ...
'' (caramel grated coconut) may also be used. It is boiled in water until it floats. It is then sprinkled with
sesame seeds
Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus '' Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cu ...
or crushed peanuts and served hot with a sauce made from sweetened
coconut milk (''gata'').
Despite the similarity in name and ingredients, ''moche'' is not derived from the Japanese ''
mochi
is a Japanese rice cake made of , a short-grain japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch. The rice is pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape. In Japan, it is traditionally ma ...
'' or ''
muchi
, also known as , is a type of soft confectionery made of pounded glutinous rice and eaten in Okinawa Prefecture. Muchi means "rice cake" in the Okinawan language, sometimes called "Casa Muchi" from the fact that it is wrapped in the leaves of ...
''. It is derived from ''buchi'' (or ''butsi''), the
Chinese-Filipino
Chinese Filipinos; tl, Tsinoy, / Tsinong Pilipino, ; Philippine Hokkien , Mandarin (also known as Filipino Chinese in the Philippines) are Filipinos of Chinese descent, mostly of southern Fujianese ancestry, where the majority are bor ...
version of ''
jian dui
''Jiandui'' (, common misspelling ) is a type of fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. The pastry is coated with sesame seeds on the outside and is crisp and chewy. Inside the pastry is a large hollow, caused by the expansion of th ...
''. Unlike ''buchi'', the surface is not browned.
The dish is related to the
Tagalog ''
mache
Mache may refer to:
Food
* ''Mâche'', French name of the edible salad green ''Valerianella locusta'', also known as corn salad and lamb's lettuce
* Mache (food), Filipino rice flour balls flavored with pandan
People
* Heinrich Mache, Austrian ...
'' and
Cebuano ''
masi''.
See also
*
Kakanin
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten and are particularly preval ...
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Palitaw
Palitaw (ᜉᜎᜒᜆᜏ᜔) (from ''litaw'', the Tagalog word for "float" or "rise") is a small, flat, sweet rice cake eaten in the Philippines. They are made from ''galapong'' - washed, soaked, and ground malagkit (sticky rice). After exces ...
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Sapin sapin
Sapin-sapin is a layered glutinous rice and coconut dessert in Philippine cuisine. It is made from rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, water, flavoring and coloring. It is usually sprinkled with latik or toasted desiccated coconut flakes.
Trad ...
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References
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