powdered roast grain; roasted barley flour
Especially roasted barley flour, often mixed with sugar and water to make a traditional confection. Also called 麦こがし or 香煎.
My grandmother made a snack by mixing sugar and hot water into roasted barley flour.
Traditional roasted barley flour has a charming, simple sweetness.
Rare kanji form for this word.
Rare kanji form for this word.
The origin is uncertain; it may be a regional term for roasted barley flour, possibly derived from the sound of roasting or an old dialect word.