noun
glutinous rice flour; sweet rice flour
Flour made from glutinous rice (もち米), used for making mochi and other Japanese sweets. Not interchangeable with regular rice flour (上新粉).
餅粉を使って白玉団子を作った。
I made shiratama dumplings using glutinous rice flour.
このレシピでは、もち粉が必要です。
This recipe requires glutinous rice flour.
Compound of 餅 (mochi, 'glutinous rice cake') and 粉 (ko, 'flour').