Does mochi ice cream always have a gummy consistency? We bought a Korean brand and the coating was crumbly.?

Question

Sort of like a cold biscuit. And oddly, even tho the ice cream was red bean flavor, we thought the mochi tasted more like Indian ras malai.

Answer 1

Japanese mochi has a gummy consistency. Korean mochi is the same but prepared differently.

Answer 2

Mochi should always be a sticky pasty consistancy (but I'm only familar with Japanese mochi, Korean could be different).

Answer 3

It might have been old, or been partially thawed and re-frozen. Or maybe it just had too much starch in it and dried out too much. And if the flavor was really off, perhaps it absorbed some off-flavor from its freezer companions. :( I'm sorry it was not a good experience.

At the risk of sounding a bit ridiculous, are you sure you didn't just buy a package of frozen mochi? That happened to a friend of mine who didn't double-check the ingredients list. :P

Answer 4

When it is frozen Mochi's consistency does change, when I worked in Japan I liked the red bean one or the sweet black bean variety, I am more into just plain red bean ice cream, I find the Korean to be nicer as they do not pulverize the beans and they tend to have some texture, in Japan I found there's to be a bit starchy, Korean Mochi is slightly different in shape, not much difference in taste texture and mouth fell.

Let the mochi sit for a few minutes in the bowl to get the chill off and the texture can change slightly to, the inner part will be a bit softer but not as gummy, I used have the Japanese Sweet Potato Ice cream too, now that is nicer than there version of red bean IC, I really like the Korean green tea IC with the red beans over top. Here in Toronto Canada, I buy a 1/2 liter on occasion, I am diabetic, but the beans are go for me.

Answer 5

mochi is made out of rice dough wrapped around soy ice cream. Your mochi doesn't have much moisture to keep the dough in place, that's why it's crumbly. That's not a very good mochi. Trader Joes and Costco has really good mochis.