18th February 2019 / Last updated : 19th February 2019 Mog 01 : Basic

Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono)

Tosazu is Japanese liquid for marinade with bonito dashi soup stock. Tosazu is used for marinated foods such as fresh white fish (Sunomono) because of its umami and mild taste. Today, I will introduce basic Tosazu, Tosazu jelly dressing, and Marinated octopus and cucumber with using Tosazu. Ingredients [Tosazu] 150 mL  water 100 mL  rice vinegar 50 mL  soy sauce 50 g  sugar 5 g  bonito flakes 5 cm Kombu kelp [Tosazu Jelly Dressing] 5 g gelatine powder with 20 mL of water 160 mL Tosazu [Marinated Octopus and cucumber] (2 servings) 150 g boiled octopus 100 g cucumber a preferred amount of Tosazu Instructions [Tosazu] Remove dust from the […]
8th April 2018 / Last updated : 21st December 2018 Mog 03 : Side Dishes

Celery and Wakame Salad with Miso Dressing (セロリとわかめの酢味噌和え)

The recipe for Sumiso will help your repertoire of cooking expanded. In this recipe, the ingredients are imitation crab meat, celery and wakame. Not only these ingredients but also other ingredients such as cucumber go well. Ingredients (3 servings) Celery: 90 g Wakame seaweed (dried): 9 g Imitation crab meat: 6 sticks Miso: less than 3 tsp Sugar: 1.5 tsp Rice vinegar: 2 tsp Sesame paste (if any): 1 tsp Instructions Reconstitute wakame seaweeds and drain the excess water. Remove strings and blanch celeries and slice them diagonally and thinly. Drain the excess water. Cut imitation crab meat into halves. Tear it into stripes. Using a folk makes this process […]
4th March 2018 / Last updated : 4th February 2019 Mog 02 : Main Dishes

Marinated Japanese Horse Mackerel (鯵の南蛮漬け)

Do you like fish and marinated vegetable? I recommend this dish. Any fish is OK. Try your own Marinated fish Japanese style! Ingredients (3~4 servings) 200 g of mackerel (Fillet into 3 pieces) 2 bell peppers (70 g) 1/2 of onion 1/2 of carrot (70 g)  Starch (Adjust to suit your needs.) Black pepper (For taste) Salt (For taste)  2 tablespoons of soy sauce 2 tablespoons of vinegar 1 tablespoon of mirin (otherwise 1 tablespoon of cooking sake and 1 teaspoon of sugar) 1 tablespoon of sugar Instruction Remove small bones from mackerel fillets. Sprinkle salt then drain the excess water with paper towels. Then cut the fillets into halves. […]