It is usually made by adding the equivalent or greater quantity of sweet cooking sake (mirin) to steamed mochi-gome (glutinous rice) and mixing, or adding shochu (distilled spirit) and malted rice to steamed mochi rice and leaving it to ferment for a few weeks and then grinding with a mortar.
一般的な製法は、蒸したもち米に同量以上のみりんを加えてかき混ぜるか、蒸したもち米に焼酎と米麹を加えるなどして仕込んでおいたものを、数週間後に臼で引きおろす。