Description: One of the Japanese traditional dishes. It is nutritious, delicious, and easy to cook. In addition, you can cook a large amount and eat it the next day, or adding it to a bento box would be nice too. You can eat it hot or cold and it goes really well with a pint … Continue reading Kinpira Burdock – Sautéed burdock Japanese style (きんぴら牛蒡)
Description: Very easy and quick-to-cook yet healthy recipe. This helps to achieve one of 5 A Day. Serving celery with cheese and garlic, it actually gives a nice taste with a punch of black pepper flavour for both celery lovers and haters.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Celery - cut into a bite-size, 3 stalks … Continue reading Grilled celery cheese
Description: One of the nice Japanese flavour side dishes. This dish really goes well with steamed rice and miso soup which are traditional in a Japanese meal. Dashi and meat tastes are well infused in daikon radish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Daikon radish - cut into a quarter slice, 200g Beef mince (10%) - … Continue reading Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
Description: One of the popular Japanese side dishes. This is served in Izakaya (Japanese bars), Japanese restaurants, or even at home. No need to prepare specific ingredients.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 1 box or 300g Spring onion or chive - chopped, 2 tablespoons or 10g, according to personal taste Daikon radish (mooli) … Continue reading Agedashi Tofu – 揚げだし豆腐
Description: Fresh vegetable pasta. No need to use tomato tins but easy to cook tomato sauce for spaghetti. This can be either a main dish or a side dish if you use different types of pasta such as farfalle, penne, or tortiglioni pasta. It can be served hot or cold. Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes … Continue reading Fresh Tomato and Aubergine Pasta
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. One of the popular Japanese dishes. Soft and creamy egg and chicken with slightly sweet tastes go really well with rice. I use “Clarence Court” eggs (UK) for this recipe as they are so creamy, vibrant and intense. It works really well for this dish as you can fully … Continue reading Oyako-don (Chicken and Egg Bowl, 親子丼)
Description: Japanese superfoods. Simple and easy to prepare. Slimy texture of Yam might be like Marmite: either you love it or hate it. But if you think about the health benefits, you would not mind having some from time to time 🙂 Serves: 1Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Yam - grated 50g … Continue reading Tofu with Okra and grated Japanese yam, served with soy sauce and bonito flakes (おくらとろろやっこ)
Description: This can be served as an appetiser or a side dish and can be served hot or cold. Crunchy delectable lotus root perfectly matches with a little bit of chili flavour with a scent of sesame oil. It goes well with rice and can be a nice snack with beer or bubbly wine too! … Continue reading Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
Description: Refreshing olive oil-based pasta. It goes well with white or rosé wine. This can be a nice weekend lunch or even dinner 🙂 I would say this is a balanced pasta meal which contains, protein, carbs and fat nicely. You may eat some salad or steamed vegetables as well then that would be ideal … Continue reading Salmon olive spaghetti with Lemon & Thyme
Description: Easy and quick to prepare, yet the delicious flavour of miso amazingly matches with cucumbers. One of the popular Japanese side dishes. Cucumbers are not boring if you use the right seasonings. It is low-calorie and can be a refreshing appetizer or a side dish. You can beat the food while preparing. What a … Continue reading Beaten cucumber with spicy miso (たたき胡瓜味噌味)
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