Brilio.net - Mochi is a favorite snack that is popular with many people in various parts of the world, including Indonesia. Its chewy and soft texture, combined with various fillings such as red beans, ice cream, and fresh fruit, makes mochi an interesting snack to enjoy. The popularity of mochi is not only limited to children, but is loved by adults who are looking for a variety of snacks that are different from the usual.
The large number of mochi fans means that this snack is widely sold freely. In fact, quite a few people use mochi as a selling idea, like TikTok user @phionggg3. Through her uploads on TikTok, this woman often shares moments selling mochi on the side of the road.
He admitted that he was selling mochi for fun, but the results were beyond expectations because they sold well. A number of activities carried out when selling mochi seem normal. But who would have thought, this woman experienced an unexpected incident.
Exactly on July 25, TikTok user @phionggg3 uploaded a photo compilation of his journey selling mochi. In the first photo, he shows the mochi being sold which looks appetizing. Its large size really attracts attention.
" Bismillah it sells, " said TikTok user @phionggg3, quoted by BrilioFood on Friday (2/8).
photo: TikTok/@phionggg3
But who would have thought, while waiting for customers, he found that the mochi which had been intact had been split. Some even exploded. The mango fruit as the yellow mochi filling spilled out. This of course makes the mochi being sold messy and no longer attractive.
photo: TikTok/@phionggg3
Unfortunately, this doesn't only happen to one type of mochi. The mochi in another container also experienced the same thing, it appeared to be splitting so that the contents spilled out completely. Strawberries as the pink mochi filling were also scattered around.
photo: TikTok/@phionggg3
This phenomenon immediately caught the attention of netizens and was watched more than 2 million times. Looking at the comments column, there are many other TikTok users who are shocked and just found out that mochi can explode like that. On the other hand, there are also those who actually focus wrongly on the abundant mochi topping.
" This is the first time I've seen mochi explode in my life, " said TikTok @initialR.
" But it makes you drool, the filling in the new mochi variant bursts with yellow balloons, bro, " said TikTok @wahyullww.
" Exploded but it still looks delicious, the topping is like it's melting, this new variant is exploding mochi, so close I still buy this, " said TikTok @Zero.
photo: TikTok/@phionggg3
Apart from being shocked by the condition of the exploding mochi, there were also netizens who also provided further explanation. Through the comments column, one netizen explained why mochi can explode. Apart from hot temperatures, it turns out that the materials used can also affect this.
" Use whip cream that doesn't melt easily, I'm a mochi maker and also use whip cream that doesn't melt easily, it's really resistant to heat, wow ," explained TikTok @lfzrhhh.
" Sis, it looks like it exploded because it was in a hot temperature. It's best to just put it at room temperature/refrigerator first ," explained TikTok @muthia.
Basically, mochi is made from sticky rice flour, sugar and water which has a chewy and elastic texture. When heated, changes occur in the molecular structure and internal pressure of mochi, including the starch molecules in sticky rice flour.
The starch molecules in sticky rice flour undergo gelatinization, where they absorb water and expand. If this process occurs too quickly or too intensely, the structure of the mochi can become too tense and eventually break or explode.