Rice vinegar
Rice vinegar, Su in Japanese, is clear, sweet, and fruity. A must in the Japanese cooking. For sushi rice, it’s recommended to cook with this vinegar to enjoy a better taste and a better rice. This vinegar is also used to cook fish marinade, vinegared dishes or pickles (Sunomono), and of course salad dressing.
Katsuobushi
Katsuobushi are pink flakes of dried bonito fish (tuna), which are used in Japanese cooking as a garnish and in some cooked preparations, principally Dashi (Japanese soup stock). The tuna is boied, smoked, then sun-dried. a special tool is used to flake the extremely hard chunks. Depending on how fresh it is when purchased, it...
Shichimi togarashi… what?
This 7-spices mixture is a blend of: - Red peppers - Sansho pepper - Roasted orange peel - Yellow and black poppy seeds - Nori flakes - Ginger A sprinkle or two brings out the very clean flavors of Japanese food, without masking or overpowering them. It is also a popular foil for fatty and...
Basic ingredients from Uchitomi
This morning, I went to Uchitomi, Geneva to buy basic ingredients: - Soja sauce “Gen-en Shoyu” (Reduced Salt) - Ozeki sake (for cooking) - Sesame oil “Nissin Seiyu” And Gyoza pasta “Gyoza no Kawa Ohban”. Total = 45.40 Uchitomi 13-15 rue Ferrier 1202 Geneva 022 731 26 01
Recipe Kabocha and carrot soup
This is miso soup, but does not look or taste like a traditional miso soup. The texture is creamy and the flavor is pleasantly mellow sweet. The carrots add a bright, cheerful orange color and sweetness and the ginger provides a distinctive and pleasant tang. Ingredients (4 servings): 300 gr peeled and seeded kabocha squash,...
Recipe Onigiri おにぎり (rice ball)
Japanese often take onigiri, especially rather large oval or triangle-shaped ones, for lunch when they go flower-viewing in the spring or to sporting events in the autumn. onigiri tastes good even after it has cooled. Ingredients (8 balls): 4 cups japanese rice 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds 2 sheets nori 1 slice of salmon salt...
Recipe Asparagus with mustard dressing
This salad is very easy to cook. Use green asparagus (gurin asuparagasu) to enjoy this fresh dish in a small bowl. Ingredients (4 servings): 20 spears of green asparagus – trimmed 1/2 tea spoon salt 2 tea spoons Karashi (yellow Japanese mustard) 2 tea spoons water 1 egg 1 tea spoon soy sauce Directions: -...
Kikkoman less Salt Soy Sauce
Did you know? For a healthy dietary balance, Kikkoman launched a less Salt version of its famed soy sauce. The special recipe uses a unique fermentation process which keeps all the unique flavour and aroma of original soy sauce but has 43% less salt. Like the original, there are no artificial colorings or flavorings.
Sooishi blog
Nice, simple and interesting blog with tasty recipes, tips and a selection of food shops in town. Sooishi is also a boutique, online shop with many items like Marmelade, kitchen utensils and Sooishi branded cooking aprons for adults and kids. Sooishi blog Sooishi boutique
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