粟あわ餅もち

noun

millet mochi; millet dough cake

A traditional Japanese sweet made from millet flour, often pounded into a mochi-like consistency. It is a regional specialty, particularly associated with Kyoto.

• 京きょう都との粟あわ餅もちは、きな粉こをまぶして食たべるのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだ。

  Kyoto-style millet mochi is typically eaten coated with roasted soybean flour.

• 粟あわ餅もちはもち米ごめではなく、粟あわの粉こで作つくられる。

  Millet mochi is made from millet flour, not glutinous rice.