Mochi ice cream, it is also referred to as Nuomici or sweet rice dumpling in china. It is a confection made from mochi with an ice cream filling. There are many flavors to choose from, but the most popular are vanilla, green tea, chocolate, red bean, a-nd strawberry. We can also make mochi ice cream at home. The best part of homemade mochi ice cream recipe, is that, you can put your favorite ice cream inside the mochi!

Ingredients:

10 small scoops ice cream (any flavor you like, you can even make it with your ice cream machine)
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
1/2 cup cold water
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch, or as needed

Instructions :

1. Keep your kitchen cool when you are working with ice cream.
2. Get a portioning scoop for creating the same portions a-nd nice half-round shaped ice cream for mochi filling. Cover ice cream fillings with plastic wrap a-nd freeze until very firm, at least 2 hours.
3. Stir rice flour, water, a-nd salt together in a microwave-safe bowl, add sugar a-nd stir until completely smooth.
4. Cover the rice flour mixture bowl with plastic wrap; microwave for 2 minutes. Stir rice flour mixture, re-cover the bowl with plastic wrap, a-nd microwave until mochi dough is thick a-nd sticky, about 1 1/2 minutes more.
5. Lightly dust the work surface with cornstarch. Turn mochi dough out on prepared work surface. Roll dough into a 1/8-inch thick rectangle; cut dough into 10 equal squares.
6. Remove ice cream balls from plastic wrap. Place 1 ice cream ball in the center of 1 mochi dough square. Round shape seals the mochi neatly a-nd avoid excess amount of mochi on the bottom. ( You can wear thin latex gloves to insulate warm ha-nds from ice cream a-nd to prevent your ha-nds from sticking to mochi)
7. Repeat with remaining ice cream a-nd dough squares. Working fast is the most important when dealing with ice cream.
8. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours.