25th June 2018 / Last updated : 12th January 2019 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Stuffed Fried Tofu （油揚げの肉詰め）

Stuffed Fried Tofu is very useful. Not only for every day’s main dish but for bento menu. It goes well with beer. Cooking time is 30 mins. Ingredients (4 servings) 4 sheets of fried tofu 200 g of minced meat (pork or chicken) 50 g of carrot 10 cm of green onion 10 g of Oba (Japanese basil, otherwise basil) (A) 200 mL of Dashi Broth (A) 2 tbsp of soy sauce (A) 2 tbsp of cooking Sake (A) 1 tbsp of sugar 8 toothpicks (or snap a spaghetti noodle to approximately 8 cm long and make 8 sticks.): You don’t have to remove sticks when you use spaghetti noodle […]
27th April 2018 / Last updated : 27th April 2018 Mog 03 : Side Dishes

Simmered Hijiki Sea Vegetable (ひじきの煮物)

I like simmered Hijiki. You can mix this with freshly cooked rice. Hijiki sea vegetable has lots of minerals and fibres. Ingredients Hijiki sea vegetable: 10 g Carrot: 1/2 (approximately 70 g) Deep fried Tofu: 1 Sesame oil: 1 tsp Dashi powder: 1 tsp Soy sauce: 2 tbsp Sugar: 2 tbsp Sake: 2 tbsp Mirin: 2 tbsp Instructions Reconstitute Hijiki sea vegetables and rinse to remove dust and sands. Cut a carrot into very thin strips. Cut a sheet of deep fried Tofu into thin strips. Stir-fry Hijiki sea vegetables and the carrot with a frying pan. Pour in enough water to cover the ingredients to simmer over medium heat. When […]
18th February 2018 / Last updated : 15th October 2018 Mog 05 : Rice & Noodles

Vegan Takikomi-Gohan (Japanese Paella, 炊き込みご飯)

My favourite Takikomi-Gohan. You can try all the ingredients! Ingredients (3~4 servings) 150 g of mushrooms (e.g. shitake mushrooms) 1 small carrot (about 80 g) 1 piece of deep-fried tofu 10 cm of dried kombu kelp 2 tablespoons of soy sauce 2 tablespoons of cooking Sake (otherwise, white wine) 450 g of uncooked rice 620 cc of water (including soy sauce and cooking sake) Instructions Wash and soak uncooked rice. Pour some boiling water over deep-fried tofu to remove excess oil. Prepare all ingredients. Slice carrot, mushrooms, and the deep-fried tofu. Any mushrooms are ok. I prepared Shimeji mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms today.   Drain water from the uncooked […]