Luiz Hara

Ama Koji

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    600 g

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Japanese Larder
The Japanese Larder

By Luiz Hara

Published 2018

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Ingredients

  • 200 g (7 oz) cooked short-grain white rice
  • 200 ml (

Method

  1. Cook the white rice. Add the measured water and mix well to make a runny porridge of the cooked rice and water, then cool it down to 60°C (140°F).
  2. Crumble the rice koji into this porridge and stir to combine. At this stage you want to keep it at a constant temperature of about 60°C (140°F). You can do this by keeping the mixtu