What makes Japan’s warabimochi unique?

MANILA, Philippines – When most people hear “mochi,” they often think of the familiar round, powdered, chewy rice cakes filled with ice cream or sweet paste.

However, Japan’s warabimochi is quite different.

The traditional Japanese dessert is a delicate, jelly-like treat made with bracken starch, water, and sugar, then dusted with kinako (sweet toasted soybean flour) and often paired with kuromitsu (a molasses-like syrup).

I recently tried the Soybean Kinako Flour Warabimochi...