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Quail Egg on Grated Mountain Yam
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
 

This is a very simple dish of Grated Mountain Yam (Tororo) with a raw quail egg on it. Sprinkle aonori to add colour to the dish, and serve with soy sauce. Watch the video.

Also check out another tororo recipe, Grated Mountain Yam on Tuna.

Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.

Recipe Type: Side
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: jinenjō, Mountain Yam, nagaimo, Tororo Imo, yamaimo
Serves: 2
Author: Yumiko
Ingredients (tbsp=15ml, cup=250ml)
  • 200g/7oz mountain yam (note 1)
  • 2 quail eggs (note 2)
  • 1 tsp aonori (optional, note 3)
Serving
Instructions
  1. Peel and grate mountain yam (note 4), then transfer it into small serving bowls.

  2. Using a spoon or chopsticks, make a small dent in the centre of the grated yam in each bowl so that an egg, particularly the yolk, will stay on top.

  3. Crack a quail egg and put it in the dent. It’s ok if egg white spills out, as long as the yolk is in the middle.

  4. Sprinkle aonori over and serve with soy sauce.

  5. To eat it, pour some soy sauce over, mix with the yam and the egg together (note 5).

Recipe Notes

1. I used nagaimo (Chinese mountain yam) today, but you can use a different kind of mountain yam. Please see the varieties of mountain yam with pictures in my post Sautéed Mountain Yam (Nagaimo).

2. If you are not fond of raw egg, you can omit the quail egg and just serve grated yam with aonori. It is still delicious.

3. You don't have to have aonori, but I think adding a topping makes the dish visually more appetising. The fragrance and flavour of aonori is also a great addition to the dish. Instead of aonori, you can scatter kizami nori or finely chopped chives.

4. The flesh of mountain yam is very slippery. I use a piece of kitchen paper to hold the peeled yam root. That stops the yam root slipping from your hand when holding it.

5. If you have hot cooked rice, put some of it on the rice and eat it together with a mouthful of rice. It’s so good.

6. Nutrition per serving. It assume a teaspoon of soy sauce is poured over.

serving: 115g calories: 99kcal fat: 1.1g (2%) saturated fat: 0.3g (2%) trans fat: 0.0g polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g monounsaturated fat: 0.4g cholesterol: 76mg (25%) sodium: 316mg (13%) potassium: 533mg (15%) carbohydrates: 20g (7%) dietary fibre: 0g (0%) sugar: 0.1g protein: 3.4g vitamin a: 2% vitamin c: 0.5% calcium: 1.2% iron: 4.7%