Grass Daifuku - Grass Daifuku

...A sweet made of red bean paste wrapped in a thin mochi skin. It is loved as a mochi sweet among the common people, and other varieties include mame daifuku, which is made by putting boiled peas inside the mochi, and kusa daifuku, which is made by pounding mugwort leaves. From the late Muromachi period, there was a sweet called quail mochi, and when this was baked or branded, it was called uzura-yaki.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kusa Daifuku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…小豆あんを薄い餅の皮で包んだ菓子。庶民的な餅菓子として愛好され，ゆでたエンドウを餅に入れた豆大福，ヨモギの葉をつきこんだ草大福などもつくられている。室町後期から鶉（うずら）餅という菓子があり，これを焼いたり，焼印を押したりしたものを鶉焼と呼んだ。…

※「草大福」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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