What would I find in the bebinca shop? I was beginning to doubt my childhood assumption that it was Filipino in origin. I was immediately curious about Goan bebinca because of my childhood memory of bibingka in Hawaii. My travel guide book recommended bebinca because they are made locally, vacuum-packed, and ready to travel. I was looking for snacks to bring back to the states as omiyage, or souvenirs. While butter mochi has the texture of Japanese mochi because the primary ingredient is rice, or rice flour, the best clue to the roots of its true origins comes in one of the names my mom used for it: bibingka.Ī decade ago, I was in Goa, India. The use of “mochi” in the name wrongly implies that it is Japanese in origin. Most recently, I’ve seen a brownie/mochi hybrid, which I can’t wait to make for another blog post.īut back to the topic of this post-where did butter mochi come from?
Today, many people with gluten allergies turn to these rice-flour based “cakes” as a delicious gluten-free alternative to wheat-based cakes, which may have contributed to the invention of mochi muffins and mochi donuts.
Over the years, this baked good has become more and more popular in Hawaii, spawning amazing variations like coconut mochi, custard mochi, chocolate mochi, and even pumpkin mochi for Thanksgiving. Here’s the Butter Mochi recipe my mom used so many years ago, from the Gold cookbook, Our Golden Anniversary Favorite Recipes from the Maui Extension Homemakers.
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