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Japanese snack food This is a list of Japanese and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks. Types ''Anko'', or sweet bean paste ''Red bean paste, Anko'' is a kind of sweet bean paste. Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in J ...

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mochi A mochi ( ; Japanese ) is a Japanese rice cake made of , a short-grain Japonica rice, japonica glutinous rice, and sometimes other ingredients such as water, sugar, and cornstarch. The steamed rice is pounded into paste and molded into the ...

'' (sticky rice). The dry ''mochi'' is broken into small pieces, about 1 cm cubed, and deep fried. The pieces then puff up. It is usually eaten lightly salted, but also various flavoured versions are made, such as ''shichimi agemochi'', which is ''agemochi'' covered with ''

shichimi , also known as or simply ''shichimi'', is a common Japanese spice mixture containing seven ingredients. Tōgarashi is the Japanese name for ''Capsicum annuum'' peppers, and it is this ingredient that makes shichimi spicy. Etymology "Shic ...

'' seasoning. ''Agemochi'' can be purchased over most of Japan, and is also a common home-made snack.

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