Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Bamboo Shoots Simmered in Bonito Flakes is a typical spring dish. It celebrates the bamboo shoots and the rich flavour of bonito flakes. The sweetness of the simmering broth is reduced to bring out the flavour of soy sauce and bonito flakes.
This is the last bamboo shoot dish that I mentioned in my post How to Prepare Fresh Bamboo Shoots about 10 months ago and it’s equally simple to make as the other bamboo shoot dishes….
Today’s soup, Miso Soup with Kingfish Head (Kingfish Arajiru), is a rich miso soup with umami-bomb stock that is made from a kingfish head. It is a filling miso soup containing root vegetables and the kingfish flesh on the head bones as well as the collars. Miso soup usually uses dashi stock to cook ingredients,…
Fried Tofu with Thick Mushroom Sauce is made of just vegetables, but it is surprisingly filling and satisfying. The flavour of the Asian mushrooms in the thickened sauce makes the plain deep-fried tofu so tasty. It is also a great vegetarian dish when you use a vegetarian dashi stock. I introduced the name ‘ankake’ in…
Matcha Pudding is a very easy dessert to make. The slight bitterness of matcha, a lightly sweetened smooth and silky texture, and the beautiful green colour make you addicted to this dessert. Sweet toppings are must-haves. I call today’s pudding ‘Easy Matcha Pudding’ because you don’t need to steam or bake it to coagulate the…
Marinated Salmon Sashimi in Yuzu is a slightly different sashimi dish from normal Sashimi (Sliced Raw Fish). It is marinated in a Western-style dressing with yuzu (a citrus fruit) juice. The distinct fragrance of yuzu gives a Japanese touch to the dressing. Although the marinade contains vinegar and citrus juice, the surface of the salmon…
Japanese Glass Noodle Soup is one of the quick and easy glass noodle recipes. Chicken tenderloin, vegetables, and glass noodles (also called bean vermicelli) are cooked in a Chinese-style chicken broth. It is a simple and comforting clear soup – a perfect soup on a cold day. Japanese glass noodles/bean vermicelli is called ‘harusame’ (春雨),…
Today’s recipe, Asparagus and Prawns with Egg Yolk and Vinegar Dressing, is all about the dressing. I would say that it is a Japanese version of mayonnaise or hollandaise sauce, but it does not use oil at all. It is called ‘kimizu’ (黄身酢) in Japanese, which translates to egg yolk vinegar. Kimizu is a versatile…
