In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Japanese baby foods for 9 to 12 months old. This time, I introduce veggie soup, which babies and parents can share. For adult (parents) version, pour a drizzle the olive oil and regular veggie consommé to add the further taste. Read More
Setsubun (節分) comes as soon as the fluttering January is over. Setsubun is a seasonal division and has been an important time-honored rite to welcome the New Year by banishing evils and keep the house from calamity.
On the day, we eat “Eho-maki”, sushi roll containing 7 ingredients associated with the Seven Deities of Good Fortune “Shichi-fukujin”, facing the direction of Eho that is most lucky for the year as determined by the Way of Yin and Yang.
The other day, I made my-style Ehomaki and I put more than 7 ingredients! I put Japanese omelette, Cucumber, Minced tuna, Kanpyo(seasoned dried gourd strips), Anago(conger eel), Kanikama(fake crab meat), Seasoned shiitake mushrooms, Sprouts and Denbu(sweetened fish powder colored in pink). It is also customary to eat Eho-maki while making a wish in the mind with the eyes closed and without uttering a single word. You will eat the whole roll at a stroke in order not to lose ties.
If you are interested in making thick sushi roll, please check this recipe! : Thick Sushi Roll
Menu: – Japanese rice with Natto – Miso soup with eggplant, tofu and spring onion [Recipe] – Fried chikuwa fish cake – Fried potato and fake crab meat – Japanese omelette [Recipe] – Chicken with white sesame – Stir-fry burdock and carrot [Recipe] – Sesame salad with spinach [Recipe]
In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Veggie Dashi Broth. This is vegan Japanese soup stock recipe. We will make 2 types Dashi; One with kelp & shiitake mushrooms and the other one with kelp, shiitake mushrooms and dried daikon strips.
Menu: – Inarizushi [Recipe] – Miso soup with fried tofu and Nori seaweed [Recipe] – Grilled chicken with cheese – Japanese omelette [Recipe] – Stir-fry young bean sprouts and bean sprouts – Simmered chikuwa and green pepper
In the olden days, it was customary for women who had been working hard for New Year’s housework to take a break from work as a celebration of the Hatsuka Shogatsu (20th of January). They went to their hometown to take a rest, or some came back from their hometown after the New Year holidays.
Depending on the region, New Year’s treats and rice cakes are eaten up until that day. This is the feeling of gratitude for the fruit of not leaving New Year’s food is also included.
