Kagamimochi (mirror-shaped rice cake) turned into "deep-fried arare" - a staple in my home

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Kagamimochi, or mirror-shaped rice cakes, are decorated at New Year's. What do you do with the Kagamimochi after the New Year's holidays are over and the mirror is opened? Kagamimochi that have been displayed during the New Year are too hard to eat as they are. There are no rules on how to eat them, but you often hear of ozoni or oshiruko (sweetened red-bean soup) being served with them. Kagamimochi is a sacred food, so it is important to eat it without leaving any pieces. So, I would like to introduce our family's way of eating Kagamimochi.
As I mentioned in another article, our Kagamimochi are red and white. We cut the Kagamimochi into small pieces and dry them in a well-ventilated place. Even though it is hard, there is still a little moisture left in it, so we dry it patiently and over a long period of time.


Click here to read an article about red and white Kagamimochi in Kanazawa:
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After being dried moderately, they are slowly deep-fried in low-temperature oil. When they pop like flower buds in the oil and become crispy
, the "deep-fried arare" is ready! It is important to fry them little by little because the size of the buds will be much larger than you expect.
Freshly made deep-fried arare are perfect as an accompaniment to beer! You can't help but eat too many. You can also try sweet okaki sprinkled with sugar to your liking, or arare baked slowly in a toaster oven instead of deep-fried arare. Try them!
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