Niku Miso is grounded meat with miso flavor. This can be used as a sauce for pasta or rice, can be used as a dip or even as
Niku Miso
Japanese Grilled Soy Corn Millet Rice
A little bit burned soy sauce and butter is an amazing combination of flavor that Japanese people love to use in many different dishes especially for dishes have
Kinako, Roasted Soy Bean Powder
Kinako is roasted soy bean powder (or roasted soy bean flour) that used in Japanese traditional dessert often. When you dry roast soy bean, it gives a very
Pickled Radish
Here is a simple pickle recipe that goes with any style of food. It is made with radish which is very easily obtained almost all year around. The
Rice Gallette
This could be very useful when you have plenty of left over rice that you don’t know what to do with or when you feel lazy to cook.
Soboro Bento
There are so many bento options in japan, but I have to say soboro bento is probably one of the most popular ones. I remember I was so
Soboro
Soboro is a cooking method in which minced ingredients such as ground meats, shrimp and eggs are cooked in a soy sauce based sauce until they absorb all
My everyday dashi recipe
This is my every day dashi recipe as a last thing here. If you want to know more about what dashi is, please check my other post “Dashi,
Story about Dashi, Japanese stock
If you just need an all-purpose dashi recipe for both vegetarian and non vegetarian, please click here. The general meaning of dashi is stock with “umami” or savory
Kinpira Gobo
Recently I introduced you to a “Kale Stem Kinpira” recipe, and I mentioned that the most traditional kinpira (a type of cooking method) is made with gobo (burdock
Yaki Nasu (Grilled Eggplant with Ginger Soy Sauce)
Yaki Nasu translates to a grilled eggplant, but you really need to blacken it over direct heat or under a broiler just like how to prepare a roasted