HOW MANY JAPANESE CUISINE DO YOU KNOW? |
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HOW MANY JAPANESE CUISINE DO YOU KNOW?
There are a lot of Japanese cuisine, such as chirashizushi, nikujaga, gomokugohan, tempura, and so on. How about to bring recipes to your home country and cook for your friends? It may also be a good souvenir from Japan.
Chirashizushi is known as scattered sushi and is served on plates or bowls with colorful toppings. It’s often cooked for celebrating special occasions, such as festivals, birthdays, and so on. You can use your favorite toppings.
Takikomi gohan (flavored rice) is a Japanese rice dish cooked with a variety of ingredients, such as fish, shellfish, mushroom, chestnut, sweet potato, bean, chicken mixed with Shiitake mushroom, burdock and carrot and so on. It is like pilaf but is not fried before boiled. It is usually seasoned with dashi (soup stock), soy sauce and a little mirin (sweet sake) or sugar. Tai meshi (sea bream rice) and Matsutake gohan (Wild Pine mushroom rice) are exquisite. Kuri gohan (chestnut rice) is popular Autumn Taste in Japan.
Chawanmushi is a Japanese dish made from egg and dashi (soup stock) with some ingredients such as shiitake-mushroom, gingko nut, bamboo shoot, chicken, kamaboko and honewort in it. Chawan means a small bowl and mushi means steaming, because it is usually poured in a small cup or bowl and steamed in a big pot. It looks like pudding but is not sweet. It tastes salty with dashi-soup and soy sauce. Smooth and soft touch of it will surely please your palate.