COOK & MESHIAGARE - Comfort Food from a Japanese Kitchen

Hourensou no ohitashi (spinach with savory sauce)

Blanched spinach seasoned dashi/broth, simple and a very common side dish in Japan. I hope you’ll give it a try!

How to preserve Japanese rice

Rice is a staple food in Japan. We’ve been enjoying eating room-temperature rice for a long time. Let me tell you the Japanese way of preserving Japanese rice.

Japanese rice

Japanese commonly used sugars

Each country has unique sugars. You can see Japanese commonly used sugars in this article. I hope it’s helpful for your Japanese cooking.

seasonings/condiments

OMURICE

A very popular dish which ketchup flavored rice is wrapped inside of a thinly made omelet. It always reminds me of a weekend lunch at home.

Rice recipes, Yoshoku

Kori-dofu no fukumeni

Kori-dofu is “freeze-dried soybean curd”. It can be preserved for a long time and the nutrients are condensed. It’s a nutritionally rich food!

jyohakuto, Simmered

Otoshi-buta

This special lid keeps the ingredients from floating to the surface of the soup, allows the soup to circulate in a pan. helps the soup soak evenly into the ingredients.

cookware

Tomato no Ohitashi (Tomatoes with savory sauce)

You can enjoy the umami created by the glutamic and inosinic acids, also the mild saltiness of soy sauce, and the subtle sweetness of tomatoes at the same time.

Salad