Category: Miso Soup

April 18, 2019

Shaved Kelp (Tororo-Kombu) Miso Soup Recipe

Have you tasted kelp? A lot of people may know kelp as material for stock (dashi). Making kelp stock is very simple by heating water and kelp, but it’s not so easy to create delicate taste. I feel that making…

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April 17, 2019

CAULIFLOWER miso soup recipe

How do you like to cook cauliflower? In fact cauliflower is not so daily use vegetable for me, and I don’t think there is specific cauliflower dishes as Japanese traditional cuisine. (I think broccoli is much more popular for Japanese)….

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April 16, 2019

SEA LETTUCE miso soup recipe

Have you been to sushi restaurant in Japan?I think most of tourists eager to find great sushi restaurant when they visit Japan for first time. Actually it’s not difficult to find good sushi restaurant especially in Tokyo!If you want to…

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April 15, 2019

NEW ONION miso soup recipe

Do you eat new onion in your country? Onion is one of the most useful vegetable for me so I buy onions a lot for my cooking. Usually I buy normal onions but I got a good opportunity to try…

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April 12, 2019

UDO miso soup recipe

Have you known that there are so many kinds of edible wild plants in Japan? Even though they don’t look like edible for many foreigners, some of Japanese people eager to eat seasonal edible wild plants. Those plants are differ…

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April 11, 2019

BROAD BEAN miso soup recipe

The season of cherry blossoms is almost over in Tokyo. That’s too bad I won’t be able to look up lovely cherry blossoms anymore but this is the change of the seasons… Beautiful green leaves came out gradually and they…

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April 10, 2019

Nameko Mushrooms & Eggplant Miso Soup Recipe

Did you enjoy my tasting project for five different kinds of miso paste…? For me, to be honest it was a great opportunity (first time) to compare several types of miso. Since I got unique miso paste for this project,…

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April 9, 2019

What Is Echigo Miso? – Echigo Miso Soup Recipe

This is the final post for tasting project of five different type of miso! The last miso is called “Echigo Miso”. Echigo is old name for Niigata prefecture in Japan.Niigata is famous for the production of rice, and I know…

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April 5, 2019

What Is Sendai Miso? – Sendai Miso Soup Recipe

This is the fourth post for tasting project of five different type of miso. Let’s go up (north part) on the map of Japan for today.Today’s miso is made in Sendai prefecture! (Sendai is in Tohoku region: the North-Eastern Parts…

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April 4, 2019

What Is Shinshu Koji Miso? – Shinshu Koji Miso Soup Recipe

What is SHINSHU? “Shinshu” is the traditional word implying “Nagano prefecture”. This miso paste is made in Nagano. What is KOJI here?Although any type of miso contains koji, Shinshu koji miso contains high proportion of rice koji. That is why…

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