mochi


mo·chi

M5389150 (mō′chē)n.1. Cooked sticky rice pounded into a paste, formed into balls or cakes, and used to make sweets and savory dishes in Japanese cuisine. 2. A cake formed from such paste. 3. The variety of short-grain rice, having a sticky, glutinous consistency when cooked, used to make mochi. Also called mochi rice.
[Japanese, from Old Japanese.]