Description: Amazing homemade pork mince steak in Japanese style. It is a very healthy and filling mince steak. You may use chicken or turkey mince instead. Serves: 4 pieces (200g per piece or smaller size and more numbers)Cooking time: 40 minutes Ingredients Pork mince (4%) - 500g Medium egg - 1 Onion - cut in … Continue reading Pork mince steak with lotus roots (蓮根おろしバーグ)
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Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Description: A nice and crunchy side dish or even a starter. It is easy and fast to cook, but it is also fast to go inside our stomach. This can be also a good canapé.Serves: 2Cooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients Lotus roots - slices 3 to 5mm width, 120g Potato flour (Alternatively, wheat flour) - … Continue reading Fried lotus root with aonori seaweed powder (蓮根の磯辺揚げ)
Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Description: Easy and fast to prepare. This can be a small appetiser or a side dish. It is crunchy and very refreshing.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Beansprout - 200g Tuna tin - half tin, 55g Ponzu - 1 tablespoon Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Chive - chopped, 1 teaspoon Method 1. Steam the bean … Continue reading Tuna & bean sprouts salad
Daikon radish and mince meat sauté
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
Tofu with Okra and grated Japanese yam, served with soy sauce and bonito flakes (おくらとろろやっこ)
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)
Slightly simmered lotus root with chili in Japanese style
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
Lotus root burger (レンコンの挟み蒸し焼き)
Description: Such a healthy, nutritious dish. Good for an appetiser, side dish, main or even canapé. It goes really well with rice. This is one of the best ways to eat vegetables ! Not necessary to think about eating greens all the time, this dish contains a good amount of vegetables too ! In addition, … Continue reading Lotus root burger (レンコンの挟み蒸し焼き)
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Ozoni (お雑煮: Traditional Japanese mochi rice cake soup for New Year)
Description: Japanese traditional New Year’s dish and it is known as an auspicious dish. Its cooking style varies depending on the region. West Japan usually uses a miso base while East tends to use dashi. I am introducing what my grandmother used to cook, which is a simple and quick style, perfect for a lazy … Continue reading Ozoni (お雑煮: Traditional Japanese mochi rice cake soup for New Year)
Salmon Soup (Soupe au saumon)
Description: Creamy soup with salmon and a variety of vegetables. It will warm you up when the weather is cold. It can be served with a slice of bread, rye is the best but it can go well with any other bread too. I tried a real Finnish salmon soup “Lohikeitto” in Helsinki myself several … Continue reading Salmon Soup (Soupe au saumon)
Okra Natto (オクラ納豆)
Description: A Japanese “superfood”, Natto is also called fermented soyabeans. It is very simple to prepare and it is full of important nutrients. We Japanese eat natto like French eat their (various) cheeses. Ignore the smell or the looks… just eat it. Combining with rice is one of the traditional way to consume it.Serves: 2Cooking … Continue reading Okra Natto (オクラ納豆)
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