Okowa

Okowa おこわ is a Japanese steamed rice dish made with glutinous rice mixed with meat or vegetables. It is sometimes combined with wild herbs and vessel chestnuts . It is generally boiled glutinous rice blended with Adzuki to give it red color for festive look, made by boiling regular rice with Azuki beans. Since Okowa is meant to be eaten at room temperature, it is used to make onigiri for its capacity to be frozen well.