Soft, chewy and sweet, you can enjoy these delightful strawberry mochi at home using just a few ingredients and 5 minutes of your time! The lovely pink color comes from fresh pureed strawberries, and the best part? All the magic happens in the microwave.
As you can see below, you can fill these mochi with any filling of your choice from red bean paste to sweet white bean paste - making them even more customizable and delightful.
Quick, easy, and oh-so-impressive, these microwave strawberry mochi are perfect for satisfying snack cravings or treating your friends and family to a delightful homemade dessert.
Ingredients Used to Make Strawberry Mochi
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- Fresh Strawberries - I used fresh, but you can also use frozen if you thaw them before using.
- Glutinous Rice Flour - this goes by many names. You'll see Glutinous Rice Flour and Mochiko Flour (my favorite brand) in Asian grocery stores, and Sweet White Rice Flour in most other stores. ***Please note that regular white rice flour or brown rice flour is NOT the same thing as glutinous rice flour!!!
- Sugar- you can use any granulated sugar or sugar-free sweetener of choice in this recipe. Just be sure to choose a light colored sugar, since darker sugars will affect the color of the final product.
More Strawberry Mochi Recipes
What to Use for Filling
- Sweetened White Bean Paste (a.k.a. Shiro An) – Shiro an is a thick and sweet fudgy paste made from finely mashed white beans, usually large butter beans or cannellini beans. Unfortunately, it’s not always stocked in most Asian grocery stores. Here’s one brand I found on Amazon (here).
- Alternatively, you can use red bean paste, or mung bean paste. Even ice cream! If you need more ideas, check out my different mochi filling ideas here in this post! --> 10+ Different Mochi Fillings, Recipes & Ideas for More Homemade Mochi
Step by Step Guide
How to Make Healthy Strawberry Mochi
STEP 1
Prepare mochi filling by rolling about 1-2 Tablespoons of sweetened bean paste filling into balls. Set aside.
STEP 2
If using fresh strawberries, wash and remove the stems. Blend the strawberries in a food processor or blender.
(You can also use a fork to mash the strawberries. Some chunks are ok.)
STEP 3
In a microwaveable glass bowl (like Pyrex), mix the strawberry puree with sugar and sweet rice flour until a smooth dough forms
STEP 4
Microwave the strawberry-mochi mixture for 2 minutes.
STEP 5
Use a SOLID METAL spoon (wooden spoons might break!) to stir the cooked mochi so that the cooked and uncooked parts are evenly mixed. Microwave the mochi mixture again, this time for 1 minute
STEP 6
Pour the cooked mochi onto the baking pan generously sprinkled with starch. Use a rolling pin to flatten into a sheet.
STEP 7
Cut the mochi into 8 pieces using a dough cutter or scissors
STEP 8
Take the prepared shiro-an filling and place it in the center of one mochi piece. Gather the edges of the mochi round and pinch them together to seal the filling inside.
STEP 9
TIP: twist off or snip off the ends of the mochi using scissors to make the mochi perfectly round.
STEP 10
Enjoy!
Watch the Video Tutorial on Pinterest (video here)
How to Store Strawberry Mochi
- The mochi can be kept covered at room temperature for up to 24 hours. For longer storage, I would freeze the mochi in a plastic freezer bag or an airtight container, then defrost at room temperature when ready to eat.
- The reason I don't recommend storing them in the fridge is that mochi usually tend to develop a weird waxy, hard texture when stored in the fridge. So eat within a day or freeze for best results.
Different Filling Ideas
There are many types of fillings used in mochi from red bean paste to ice cream. Here are some ideas below:
- Shiro-an (sweetened white bean paste) – is a thick fudgy paste that I'm using in this recipe. Can be purchased on Amazon, here, but here’s a Shortcut White Bean Paste Recipe I make when I’ve run out of Shiro An
- Koshi-an (sweetened red bean paste) – a smooth sweet paste made from pureed adzuki red beans. Can be purchased on Amazon, here
- Mung Bean paste – sweet and delightfully yellow, homemade mung bean paste is a perfect mooncake filling for those who are looking for a healthier bean paste alternative. Here’s my 2-Ingredient mung bean paste recipe here
Or, Cover Them with Chocolate!
Final Tips
- Use a solid metal spoon (wooden spoons might break!) to stir the cooked strawberry mochi mixture so that the cooked and uncooked parts are evenly mixed
- Use a microwave-safe bowl, preferably glass like pyrex
Healthy Strawberry Mochi Made in the Microwave
Ingredients
Mochi Ingredients
- 8 oz fresh strawberries , or thawed from frozen
- 1 cup mochiko flour, sweet rice or glutinous rice flour , about 140 g
- 2 Tbsp sugar of choice , can use monk fruit sweetener for lower sugar option, or omit if desired
Other Ingredients
- ¼ cup cornstarch, potato starch or tapioca starch
- ½ package sweetened white bean paste (shiro an) , or other mochi filling of choice (see notes**)
Instructions
Before You Make the Mochi
- Prepare mochi filling by rolling about 1-2 Tablespoons of sweetened bean paste filling into balls. Set aside. If you would like to eat the mochi plain, you can skip this step.
- Sprinkle the starch onto a clean dish or baking pan. Set aside.
Make the Mochi
- If using fresh strawberries, wash and remove the stems. Blend the strawberries in a food processor or blender. (You can also use a fork to mash the strawberries. Some chunks are ok.)
- In a microwaveable glass bowl (like Pyrex), mix the strawberry puree with sugar and sweet rice flour until a smooth dough forms
- Microwave the strawberry-mochi mixture for 2 minutes
- Use a SOLID METAL spoon (wooden spoons might break!) to stir the cooked mochi so that the cooked and uncooked parts are evenly mixed
- Microwave the mochi mixture again, this time for 1 minute
- Pour the cooked mochi onto the baking pan generously sprinkled with starch. Use a rolling pin to flatten into a sheet.
- Cut the mochi into 8 pieces using a dough cutter or scissors
- Take a piece of the prepared shiro-an filling and place it in the center of one mochi round.
- Gather the edges of the mochi round and pinch them together to seal the filling inside.
- Repeat with the other mochi pieces.
- For best texture, serve immediately.
LF says
Can I do this without sugar at all?
All Purpose Veggies says
You can definitely make this without sugar by omitting sugar completely (if the strawberries are sweet enough) or by using a sugar free sub such as stevia or monk fruit sweetener. I also leave out the sugar if I'm using a very sweet filling like ice cream or nutella 🙂 Hope this helps!
zo says
When the mochi came out i felt like it could have for taste what should i add?
All Purpose Veggies says
Hi Zo, You could add sugar to make the mochi dough sweeter (to taste) but I usually don’t recommend this if you’re using a sweet filling like sweetened bean paste, or even ice cream, since they’re sweet on their own.
Ram says
You suggested different types of flour such as sweet rice, but did not give instructions for being that method.
All Purpose Veggies says
Hi Ram, thanks for the comment! Sweet rice flour is just another name for glutinous rice flour, so the method would be the same for both. Just be careful not to be confused with regular rice flour (non-glutinous), since they do not work for mochi recipes!
Lujain says
this was very helpful, i used it to make my first patch of mochi and it turned out amazing. Keep up the good work.
All Purpose Veggies says
Hi Lujain, glad you enjoyed this recipe! It's one of my favorite things to make when I have strawberries at home.
Eleanor says
This looks amazing and so easy that even a complete kitchen disaster as myself can actually manage to do this! Can i use any pureed fruit? Such as mango, mixed berries, etc. I'm looking to make a assortment to give in gifts. When using stevia how much should i use for this recipe?
All Purpose Veggies says
Hi Eleanor, sorry for the late reply, and I'm really glad you liked the recipe. You can definitely use mango puree and mixed berries instead of strawberries. I also have other microwave mochi posts that use applesauce, blueberry puree, mashed bananas, pumpkin and mashed sweet potatoes. Here is the collection link if you want to check them out. As for stevia, I would refer to your stevia packaging since different brands have different conversions. Hope this helps!