Creamy Mochi - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup mochiko (sweet rice flour)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons kinako (roasted soybean powder), or to taste, divided

Preparation

Combine mochiko and sugar in a large microwave-safe bowl. Stir in milk, water, and vanilla extract until smooth.
Cook in the microwave at 1-minute intervals, stirring after interval, until mochiko mixture turns gelatinous, about 5 minutes.
Dust a loaf pan with 1 tablespoon kinako; pour in mochiko mixture. Refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
Cut loaf into 16 pieces. Dust pieces with remaining 1 tablespoon kinako.