PURPOSE: To prepare FURIKAKE (seasoned dried powder for sprinkling over cooked rice) having unique taste and flavor by adding coffee powder, cocoa powder and a binder to water, etc., kneading the mixture to obtain a paste having a specific water-content and granulating the paste.

CONSTITUTION: Water or hot water is mixed with (A) coffee powder prepared by cooling and roughly crushing roasted coffee beans, extracting the crushed coffee with hot water under pressure and drying the extract or cocoa powder prepared by roasting cacao beans, removing a part of oil and fat from cotyledon and pulverizing the beans or a mixture of the above powders and (B) a binder (e.g. gum arabic or mannan). The mixture is heated optionally under stirring to obtain a paste having a water-content of 10-65wt.%. The objective food can be prepared by granulating the paste.