honey suckle

honey suckle

庭の紹介

 夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました. 赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.
 2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.



9/25/2014

MAKING RICE DUMPLING & RICE CAKE

We made rice dumpling (おはぎ) for an equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held).  It is a old Japanese tradition to make rice dumpling in this season.

Rice dumpling is a rice cake (mochi) covered with coarse sweet red bean paste.




Making rice cake (もちつき)is the first time for us in two years.  

At first, glutinous rice is steamed for about 45 minutes after overnight soaking in water.  
A large stone mortar is heated by filling with hot water and putting a lid on it.   


Glutinous rice has finished to steam.  It is delicious to eat as it is, too.


Steamed rice is put into the large mortar and is pounded by a large wooden pounder.


When Poirot is pounding, Marple turns the rice and add water in the mortar between hammer strokes.

After pounding, rice cake is torn to pieces and made in round shape.




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