Ohagi Rice Cakes

Directions

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   ["Preparation of rice.", "Wash the rice and put in a colander to drain the water off for a while.", "Then put it in a bowl (of the rice cooker) with the 180 ml water.", "Leave it for more than 1 hour.", "Cook the rice.", "If you don't have a rice cooker, you can use a normal pot and an oven or a microwave.", "If you use a pot, put a lid and heat it until boiling.", "Then lower the heat and cook for about 15 minutes.", "Stop heating and leave it for 10 minutes with the lid on.", "In case of microwave, put in a microwavable bowl and cover with plastic wrap.", "Microwave for 5 minutes, then turn over the rice with a big spoon or spatula, and repeat it again.", "After the last 5-min microwave, leave the bowl in the oven (with the plastic wrap on) for 10 minutes.", "Mash the rice while it is hot.", "We don't mash it completely but halfway (which is called \"half-killing\"" in Japanese).""