Mix everything together and drop tablespoonfuls into boiling stock to cook, then season the stock as you like. You can enjoy these nutritious chicken balls with delicious soup. You may wish to add some cooked noodles or rice to make this dish a filling meal. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Chicken Mince 400 to 500g Ginger …
Lighter colour Miso is recommended for this dish. Miso is quite salty, use small amount and test the flabour. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Broccoli 500g *cut into small florets Miso 1 teaspoon *light colour miso preferred Japanese Mayonnaise 3 tablespoons Roasted Sesame Seeds 1/2 to 1 tablespoon *ground Method 1. Boil Broccoli until bright green and …
One of the easiest and very popular recipe. You can add chilli flakes, sesame seeds, sesame oil or garlic for more flavour. ‘Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes)’ can be replaced by canned tuna. My children like this dish with tune even better. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Green Capsicum 2 Oil 1 tablespoon Katsuobushi (Bonito Flakes) 1 to …
Sweet Miso goes so well with Eggplant. This dish is my husband’s all time favourite. He keeps telling everyone that eggplants in Japanese dishes are so delicious. I asked him how most Australians cook the eggplant. He said ‘just BBQ them.’ Ahhh… When you cook this dish, you need hot steamy rice to serve with …
Beans can be replaced with other vegetables like Spinach, Carrot, Japanese Mushrooms, Asparagus, Gobo, Broccoli, etc. This is one of the most popular ‘Ae-mono’, a type of Japanese salad, and my most favourite vegetable dish! Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Beans about 350g *Beans can be replaced with Spinach, Carrot, Japanese Mushrooms (eg. Shiitake & Shimeji), …
‘Goma-ae’ Sauce goes very well with many vegetables or Asian mushrooms. For this dish, please use Fresh Spinach, not frozen cooked spinach or shredded spinach. Thick and large leaves are most suitable, but you must not over-cook the Spinach because it should retain tender-crisp texture. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 1 bunch (*250 to 300g) Spinach …
‘Agedashidofu’ is a very popular Japanese dish but many people don’t ry it at home because it needs to be deep-fried. How about this shallow-fried tofu? Enjoy the crispy outside and creamy inside with two different sauces that I often cook, or you can create your own yummy sauces. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Fresh Medium …
Drop Chicken Ball mixture into boiling Dashi Stock to cook. It is an easy yet very nutricious soup. Adding Udon Noodles and some vegetables makes this soup a satisfying meal. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi Stock or Chicken Stock 4 cups Salt 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce 1 tablespoon Chicken Balls Chicken Mince 200 to 300g …
Enoki can be replaced with Shiitake, Shimeji, Oyster Mushrooms or other Japanese mushrooms. You may wish to add egg. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi Stock 4 cups Salt 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce 1 tablespoon Tofu ½ to 1 block Enoki 1 bunch Spring Onion 2 to 3 *finely Chopped Method 1. Cut Tofu and Enoki into …
This is my children’s favourite Clear Soup that their Obaa-san (grandmother) in Japan used to make for them. I use Iriko (Dried Baby Sardines) Dashi Stock for this soup as my mother always does. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi Stock 4 cups *Iriko (Dried Baby Sardines) Dashi is recommended Salt 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce 1 …
Clear soup is usually seasoned with Salt and Soy Sauce. Depending on the ingredients, Sake and Mirin are also used. The above image is the clear soup with Cod, Enoki and Spring Onion. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi 4 cups Salt 1 teaspoon Soy Sauce 1 tablespoons Add two or three of the following Tofu …
Tofu doesn’t need to be cooked. Using ready-to-serve Baby Spinach, it takes only 5 minutes to prepare this miso soup. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi Stock 4 cups Miso 3 to 4 tablespoons Tofu 1 block Ready-to-Serve Baby Spinach as required Spring Onion 2 Method 1. Cut Tofu into small cubes, cut Spring Onion finely. 2. …
This is my favourite Miso Soup since my childhood. Tender potato and miso flavour are really a good match. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Dashi Stock 4 cups Potato 1 to 2 Dried Wakame 1 tablespoon Miso 3 to 4 Teablespoons Spring Onion 2 Method 1. Cut Potato into small bite size pieces. 2. Heat the Dashi …
‘Butajiru’ is a type of Miso Soup with pork in it. It is a very popular dish. ‘Butajiru’ usually contains Satoimo (Taro) and Konnyaku and Gobo. Many Asian Grocery stores sell them but it might be difficult for you to find them. Even without them, this soup is quite delicious. The ingredients listed are suggestions. …
Miso Soup is one of the traditional Japanese staple dishes. Normally it is enjoyed with white rice. Here is the basic method how to cook Miso Soup. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 4 cups Dashi Stock3 to 4 tablespoons Miso2 Spring Onion *finely chopped Add two or three of the following1/2 to 1 block Tofu 1 …
