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Katsu-don (カツ丼), is a very filling main dish. A bowl of rice topped with tonkatsu (deep fried crumbed pork cutlet), onion and beaten egg, cooked in dashi with sweet soy sauce.

Katsu-don (Pork Cutlet and Egg on Rice)

Mabodofu (麻婆豆腐) is the Japanese name for “Mapo Tofu”, which is a Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Tofu and ground meat are stir fried with a flavoursome sauce. But the flavour of mabodofu is yet again modified to suit to the Japanese palette and not as spicy as the Chinese version of mapo tofu.

Mābōdōfu (Mapo Tofu)

Super easy meal with sashimi quality tuna is one of my favourites. Maguro no Zuke-don (Marinated Tuna on Rice) requires no cooking. Just marinate tuna slices and place them on the cooked rice, topped with garnish.

Maguro no Zuke-don (Marinated Tuna on Rice)

The flavour of Simmered Chicken and Vegetables, Chikuzenni, is a typical combination of dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar but the ingredients are stir-fried first so the dish is much richer than other simmered dishes.

Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Vegetables) Two Ways

One of the few Japanese dishes that is eaten with a spoon, Chawanmushi is the appetiser that is almost always served in Kaiseki ryori. The egg is mixed with dashi, soy sauce, mirin and salt, then carefully steamed with various ingredients in it. The texture of the egg custard is so smooth and delicate.

Chawanmushi (Savoury Egg Custard)

Oden is a kind of hot pot consisting of daikon, potatoes, eggs, Konbu (kelp), konnyaku, and different types of fish cakes, simmered in lightly flavoured soup stock.

Oden (Simmered One Pot Dish)

Sweet and sour pork usually uses cubed pork but this is a meatball version of sweet and sour pork. Onions in the meatballs give the meat more flavour and the sauce is not as strong as original Chinese sweet and sour pork.

Sweet and Sour Pork Meatballs (Subuta)

Japanese Pork meatballs are deep fried meatballs coated in flavoursome sauce. By just changing the sauce, you will get quite different meatball dishes – one with sweet and sour sauces, one with weet soy sauce like teriyaki sauce. Both are really tasty.

Japanese Pork Meatballs (Niku-dango) with Two Sauces

Kakiage is a type of tempura made with a variety of vegetable strips, often with seafood. This is a popular home cooking dish as it uses leftover vegetables to clean up the fridge for the week.

Kakiage (Mixed Vegetable Tempura)

The Japanese version of steamed dumpling, shumai (or shao mai) is quite easy to make. It only contains pork mince, onion and few typical Japanese seasonings, but it tastes so good.

Shumai (or Shao Mai, Steamed Dumpling)

Gomoku-mame (五目豆, Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables) is a wonderful, healthy vegetarian dish. Soybeans are cooked with diced root vegetables in a sweet soy sauce flavour. It keeps well for several days in the fridge and you can freeze it, too.

Gomoku-mame (Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables)

Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) is a thinly sliced sautéed pork with tasty sauce with ginger flavour. It's a very popular lunch menu in Japan.

Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Pork)

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