Description: Refreshing salad using summer vegetables. A salad but it’s quite filling.Serves: 2 Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g, chopped into small pieces Fresh Tomatoes - chopped in small dice, 3 pieces or 180g Cucumber - 160g Olive oil - 2 tablespoons Garlic - pureed, 1 teaspoon or 1 piece Salt … Continue reading Summer vegetable salad
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Enoki Namul Korean Style
Description: Simple and tasty enoki mushroom namul. If you chill them in the fridge before serving, they will be refreshing and crispy.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Enoki mushroom - steamed, 200g Soy sauce - 2 teaspoon Salt - 1 dash Sesame oil - 1 tablespoon Spring onion - chopped, 1 teaspoon Garlic - pureed, … Continue reading Enoki Namul Korean Style
Chicken and Hakusai soup (鶏と白菜のスープ)
Description: Hot soup, a perfect chicken and Hokusai soup when it’s cold. You may even have this when you have a hangover, this may help to make you feel better.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Spring onion - chopped, 15g Dashi stock powder - 2g (please follow the package instructions) *Alternatively, 400mL of bonito or … Continue reading Chicken and Hakusai soup (鶏と白菜のスープ)
Summer vegetable sauté
Description: Refreshing summer vegetable sauté. You can cool it down in the fridge before serving. This can also be served as a salad or appetiser.Serves: 2Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g, chopped into small pieces Fresh Tomatoes - chopped in small dice, 3 pieces or 180g Green Pepper - 80g … Continue reading Summer vegetable sauté
Stir-fried broccoli (ブロッコリーの茎炒め)
Description: No wasting of broccoli stem.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Broccoli stem - chopped into thin strips, 80g or 1 stalk Chikuwa fish cake - chopped into thin strips, 32g or 2 pieces Soy sauce - 2 teaspoons Mirin cooking wine - 2 teaspoons Sesame oil - 2 teaspoons Water - 3 tablespoons Method … Continue reading Stir-fried broccoli (ブロッコリーの茎炒め)
Okra Natto Hiyayakko (オクラ納豆冷ややっこ)
Description: Fermented soya beans, natto arranged dish. Simple to prepare and full of important nutrients. We Japanese eat natto, particularly at breakfast. It may not be appealing in smell or appearance… just eat it. Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Natto - 1/2 pack (28.35g) (defrost beforehand if frozen) Okra - chopped, 40g … Continue reading Okra Natto Hiyayakko (オクラ納豆冷ややっこ)
Simmered Aubergine in Japanese style (味しみしみ茄子の煮物)
Description: Very soft and melting in the mouth. You can cook a large amount and eat it the next day. This can be served hot or cold. It perfectly goes well with rice or a side dish as the izakaya-style meal.Serves: 2Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients Aubergine - 1 piece or 200g, chopped into small … Continue reading Simmered Aubergine in Japanese style (味しみしみ茄子の煮物)
Gobo salad (burdock salad) 牛蒡サラダ
Description: Root vegetable salad. Typical combination of burdock and carrots, but at the same time, it is an amazing combination with tuna-mayo. This can be an appetizer, izakaya-style dish or side dish.Serves: 2Cooking time: 10 minutes Ingredients Burdock - chopped into thin strips, 100g Carrot - chopped into thin strips, 50g (You may use more … Continue reading Gobo salad (burdock salad) 牛蒡サラダ
Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Description: Simple and easy to prepare. Tofu can be very nice with seasonings. This can be added into a salad as well. It is healthy and refreshing.Serves: 1 Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Tofu - 150g Spring onion - chopped, 15g Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon or squeeze from 1 wedge … Continue reading Tofu with Negi Shio sauce (ネギ塩豆腐)
Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮)
Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮) Description: Quick, easy, healthy and filling side dish. It goes well with rice and beer. You can cook a large portion and eat it the next day too. It can be served hot or cold.Serves: 3Cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients Burdock - chopped diagonally, 200g Konnyaku - chopped and make … Continue reading Spicy Burdock and Konnyaku (牛蒡とこんにゃくのピリ辛煮)