Type | Cake |
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Place of origin | Japan |
Main ingredients | Rice flour, sugar |
Uirō ( Japanese: 外郎, 外良, ういろう), also known as uirō-mochi (外郎餅), is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. [1] It is chewy, similar to mochi, and subtly sweet. Flavors include azuki bean paste, green tea ( matcha), yuzu, strawberry and chestnut. Nagoya is particularly famous for its uirō, and there are other regional versions, notably in Yamaguchi and Odawara, although Odawara's uirō is better known as a medicine. It can be purchased in traditional Japanese confectionery shops throughout Japan. [1]
Uirō was originally the name of a medicine in the Muromachi period (1336–1573). References to uirō as a confection first appear in the Wa-Kan Sansai Zue, Ryōan Terajima's massive Edo-period dictionary published in 1712. [2]