An important spring event is the Dolls’ Festival called “Hinamatsuri”. For the Dolls’ Festival, people usually eat Chirashi-zushi, a sushi dish made with fresh seafood and other ingredients. However, it is a little difficult for children to eat, so I made cup sushi using ingredients that are fun to look at and easy for children to eat.
Kuri Gohan (栗ごはん) is an indispensable taste on Japanese tables in autumn. My family and I look forward to eating delicious chestnut rice made at home, as it is only available at this time of the year. It is hard work to peel the chestnuts, but I feel that the taste is exceptional because of the hard work. Our family style is to mix normal Japanese rice with glutinous rice called “Mochi-gome” and enjoy the slightly sticky texture.
In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Grilled Vegetable Curry. This is a Japanese curry with grilled various vegetables is usually served on top of rice. The harmony of the thick Japanese curry roux and the crispy grilled veggies is exquisite. This time, I use homemade curry roux that I filmed the other day. If you’re interested, by all means, go ahead and make it from scratch.
In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Katsu Curry. This is a Japanese curry with Tonkatsu (pork cutlets) is usually served on top of rice. The harmony of the thick Japanese curry roux and the crispy, juicy pork cutlet is exquisite. As you can see, it is a hearty dish, so it may be difficult for some people to eat a plate of it in a single sitting. This time, I use homemade curry roux that I filmed the other day. If you’re interested, by all means, go ahead and make it from scratch.
In this recipe video, I’ll introduce how to make Japanese Vegetable Curry. We will make homemade Japanese curry roux from scratch.
Gohei-mochi is a local dish from the mountainous areas of the Chubu region (Kiso and Ina regions of Nagano Prefecture, Tono and Hida regions of Gifu Prefecture, southern Toyama Prefecture, Okumikawa region of Aichi Prefecture, and Hokuto and Suruga regions of Shizuoka Prefecture). It is made by dipping half-mushed non-glutinous rice with a sweet walnut miso sauce and roasting it on a skewer.
Are you interested in sushi that is a little different from the usual and unique to this time of year?
I would like to introduce you to sushi rolls with the face of Santa Claus and inarizushi made to look like a reindeer. It may take a little more time and effort than usual to make these sushi, but the excitement you feel when you are done is worth it. It may be a good memory to make it with your children. Have a wonderful Japanese-style X’mas party!
In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Dry Curry Onigiri. Japanese curry rice is popular food among us and there are various curries here. This dry curry is one of them. After making dry curry, I’ll make two kinds onigiri rice balls; topping version and mix version.
In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Soboro Donburi (Sanshoku-don). Soboro is a flavored minced meat and egg etc. Normally this dish is also called “Sanshoku Don”(Three colors donburi) since there are three colors (brown, yellow and normally green).
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Inarizushi (Inari Sushi) is a simple sushi dish consisting of sweetened and seasoned fried tofu stuffed with vinegared rice. Because of its easy-to-eat flavor, this sushi is popular with everyone from children to the elderly. It is also a vegan and gluten-free dish because it does not contain fish. You can also arrange the sushi rice by adding okowa or Takikomi Gohan (mixed rice). Aside with this sushi, I also introduce Japanese vegan miso soup in this recipe.
