Sweet Mochi Topping
Please watch the video for the instructions.
Ingredients:Mochiko 1/2C (glutinous rice flour or sweet rice flour)Sugar 1/4C sugarWater …
Natto and How To Eat It
Natto is a fermented soybean, and it is traditional and staple of Japanese food. Compared to tempeh which is another fermented soybean …
Japanese Candied Chestnuts
When chestnut season comes around Thanksgiving, I make my first kuri-no-shibukawani (candied chestnuts) for the season, and I make the second one for …
Trader Joe’s Japanese fried Rice
Trader Joe’s sells Japanese Fried Rice in the frozen section. Normally I am a bit skeptical about any American-made Japanese products, but I was …
Roasted Soy Beans
Today is Setsubun (the literal meaning is seasonal division) which is the day before the beginning of Spring under the Japanese lunar calendar. …
Yaki Onigiri
Onigiri means rice ball, and yaki onigiri means grilled rice ball. All onigiri are very tasty and are considered a comfort food by most …
Soy Marinated Horseradish
The first time I ate fresh horseradish was in the spring of the year I started living in Hokkaido, northernmost prefecture because it only grows in …
Zakkoku Mai 2
I have introduced zakkoku mai a while ago in this blog so please check the post if you don’t know what it is. Basically zakkoku means all …
Zakkoku Mai
Zakkoku means whole grains, and mai means rice in Japanese. In Japan, people really love to eat white rice, and it is a very important part of our …
Eddo chips and roasted eddo
Have you heard of eddo (eddo) potatoes? It looks like small hairy potatoes which is closely related taro. We call it sato-imo in Japan and …
Honey Kinako Candy
This is very old fashioned candy that I grew up with. Many people in my generation might not even know or might not like it even they know, but I …
Grilled Abura-age
Abura-age (aburage, age) is a thinly sliced and deep fried tofu not confused with Atsu-age which is a deep fried whole tofu. When a thinly …
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 …
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 …
My Everyday Dashi
In my previous post, I explained everything about Japanese stock, dashi. So now in this post I am going to talk about how I normally prepare my dashi. …
Story about dashi, Japanese stock
The general meaning of dashi is stock with “umami” or savory taste. Japanese use the word dashi not only for Japanese dashi but also any kind of tasty …
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 …