rice flour
Fine flour made from non-glutinous rice, used in traditional Japanese confectionery.
Rice flour is often used in making Japanese sweets.
rice flour dough
Abbreviation of 糝粉餅 (しんこもち) or similar; refers to dough made from rice flour, often shaped into dumplings or cakes.
See also: 糝粉餅
These dumplings are made from rice flour dough.
白玉粉 is made from glutinous rice and yields a chewy texture, unlike 糝粉 which is from non-glutinous rice and produces a softer dough.
rice flour dough; shinko mochi
Standard kanji spelling for rice flour and related dough products.
Irregular kanji usage; sometimes seen but 糝粉 is preferred.
The kanji 糝 means 'powder' or 'grain', and 粉 means 'flour'. The reading しんこ is likely a compound of 新 (しん, 'new') and 粉 (こ, 'flour'), referring to freshly ground rice flour. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.