🍚 Cabbage Rice Cakes

Cabbage rice cakes are a regional food which have been eaten in the Ose region of Koriyama City for over 80 years. It is said that they were created by rice- and cabbage-growing farmers while practicing self-sufficiency. The dish has a fun textural contrast between the entwined sauteed cabbages and freshly pounded rice cakes, and in recent years the cabbage rice cakes have endeared themselves in new arrangements, such as being combined with cheese into spring rolls, or having the rice cake replaced with rice flour dumplings. In the Ose region of Koriyama City, the regional food, cabbage rice cakes, have been eaten for over 80 years. The sauteed cabbages and freshly pounded rice cakes intertwine. The contrast of the cabbage's crisp texture and the soft rice cake make for a fun dish. Though a simple dish, in recent years the cabbage rice cakes have been combined with cheese into spring rolls, or the rice cakes replaced with rice flour dumplings for enjoyable adapted dishes.