Kusa mochi

Kusa mochi
Alternative names	Yomogi mochi
Type	Wagashi
Place of origin	Japan
Main ingredients	Mochi, yomogi leaf; red bean paste
Cookbook:Kusa mochi  Kusa mochi

Kusa mochi (草餅, literally "grass mochi"), also known as kusamochi or yomogi mochi, is a Japanese sweet. It is considered a seasonal dish for spring. It is made from mochi and leaves of Japanese mugwort or (more traditionally) from hahagohusa. It may also be filled with red bean paste.

Kusa mochi may also be used to make a kind of daifuku called yomogi daifuku.

See also

• qingtuan, the original Chinese form of this dish, also consumed during the spring
• caozai guo, the Taiwanese form