27th March 2018 / Last updated : 1st April 2018 Mog 03 : Side Dishes

Seasoned boiled egg (Ajitama,味玉)

Ramen toppings, a good friend of a glass of beer and a side dish for bento. Use your imagination. You’ll be surprised to know this recipe. Super easy! Ingredients 4 eggs Soy sauce: 150 mL Cooking Sake: 50mL Vinegar: 2 tbsp Sugar: 3 tbsp Instructions Start boiling water. When it comes to a boil, put eggs gently into the water. Keep boiling them for 7 minutes. Prepare sauce. Put all condiments in a pot and heat it until it comes to a boil. After 7 minutes, take the eggs out, and put in cold water. Peel the shell of the eggs. The cold water causes the egg to contract inside […]
26th February 2018 / Last updated : 1st July 2019 Mog 07 : Other

Kombu and Okaka Furikake (昆布とおかかのふりかけ)

Don’t you want to waste kombu kelp and bonito flakes after making dashi? Try furikake, then! Sprinkle it over freshly cooked rice and Bon appetite! It can be a good friend of onigiri filling as well. Ingredients 1~2 sheets of soaked kombu kelp 20 g of soaked bonito flakes (Drain their water thoroughly.) 1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce 1.5 tablespoons of cooking sake 1.5 tablespoons of mirin (otherwise 1.5 tablespoons of cooking sake and 0.5 tablespoons of sugar) 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds Instruction Cut some kombu into thin strips. Put some cooking sake and mirin in a pot. Heat until the mixture boils. Add the kombu and bonito flakes. […]
24th February 2018 / Last updated : 27th November 2018 Mog 01 : Basic

How to make Dashi (Japanese soup stock, 出汁)

Basic soup stock in Japan is amazingly easy to make. Use Dashi for various Japanese dishes. Ingredients 6 cups of water 15 cm of square koｍbu kelp 40g of dried bonito flakes Instruction Wipe off the dirt and dust from the kombu kelp with paper towels. I used teabags today. You can get this item at 100 yen shops. Put some bonito flakes in the teabags. Put some water in a jar. Soak the kombu kelp and the bonito flakes in the water. Store in a fridge overnight. Before soaked After soaked Remove the kombu kelp and the bonito flakes. Use the dashi for any types of dishes. Now your […]