Okowa
Okowa
Japanese steamed rice dish
Okowa おこわ (強飯) is a Japanese steamed rice dish made with glutinous rice mixed with meat or vegetables.[1] It is sometimes combined with wild herbs (sansai okowa) and vessel chestnuts (kuri okowa).[2] It is generally boiled glutinous rice blended with azuki beans to give it red color for festive look, made by boiling regular rice with azuki beans.[3][4] Since okowa is meant to be eaten at room temperature, it is used to make onigiri for its capacity to be frozen well.