Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Dip is usually made with cream or yoghurt, but my Perilla and Tofu Dip is dairy-free and made with 100% vegetables. The slightly minty flavour of perilla is so refreshing. It is a low-calorie dip even if you eat it all yourself!
I made today’s dish recently to share with my friends for a BYO drinks & nibbles after playing golf. On such occasions, I sometimes bring a new dish that I am experimenting with and ask my friends to give me feedback….
Simmered Turnip and Chicken is a comforting home-cooking dish. The soft turnip and tender chicken soak up the great flavour of the simmering sauce. This is one of the very easiest turnip recipes to make. It keeps very well in the fridge, which makes it perfect for a bento box! Turnip is a root vegetable…
Flounder Mizore-ni is a fried dish and also a simmered dish. Shallow-fried flounder is cooked in a soy-based simmering sauce with a plenty of grated daikon (white radish). The addition of soba noodles and simply adding a vegetable side dish makes it a complete meal. The daikon makes this dish quite light even if the…
Cold Nyūmen (Sōmen Noodles in Soup) is a perfect summer dish. It is a life saver dish particularly when the temperature soars and you have lost your appetite. These plain and simple chilled noodles have minimalist toppings. By using shiro dashi to make a cold broth, you can serve this dish in 5 minutes! You…
One of the famous Osaka street foods, Takoyaki (Octopus Balls) is a small dumpling with a piece of octopus in the middle. Crispy outside and gooey inside, Takoyaki is fun to make and delicious to eat. I also have a video for this recipe! Osaka is famous for many delicious street foods. In my mind,…
These elegant Smoked Salmon Rolls are made with marinated daikon and perilla leaves. Even if smoked salmon is not a traditional Japanese cooking ingredient, today’s dish has an authentic appearance and flavour. It is so easy to make. Smoked Salmon Rolls are typically made with cream cheese to roll up the salmon. But my Rolled…
Tuna lovers must try this classic dish – Tuna and Green Onion Hot Pot (Negima Nabe). The traditional Negima Nabe only has fresh tuna cubes and chopped thick green onions/shallots (Aussie) cooked in a soy-based broth. But I added grilled tofu and mizuna leaves to mine. Green onion is the same thing as shallots in Australia…
