Category: JAPANESE INGREDIENTS

September 10, 2020

What Is Nukazuke and How To Make It?

What is Nukazuke (糠漬け)? Nukazuke is Japanese pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran. (Nuka is Japanese term for rice bran, and zuke is Japanese term for pickled.) Nukazuke is made by pickling vegetables in rice bran bed made…

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September 9, 2020

What Is Okara and How Is It Used?

What Is Okara (Soy Milk Pulp)? Okara is the residue that remains when squeezing soy milk in the process of producing tofu from soybeans. It’s also called “Unohana” in Japanese. Let’s take a look at how soy milk, tofu, and…

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September 9, 2020

What’s the Difference Between Red Bean Paste and White Bean Paste?

Sweet bean paste is generally known as bean paste made from red beans (adsuki beans). But there is another sweet bean paste called shiroan which is made from white beans actually. Here, I will introduce some differences between those 2…

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September 7, 2020

What Is Yuzu and How Is It Used?

What Is Yuzu (柚子)? Yuzu is a type of the citrus, and also called “Hon-yuzu”. Although it is cultivated in parts of Korea and China, Japan has the largest amount of consumption and production.Speaking of yuzu, it’s generally about ripe…

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September 5, 2020

What Is Gobo and How Is It Used?

What Is Gobo (Burdock Root)? Gobo (gobo root) is a term for Japanese burdock root. It’s plant in the Aster family, and its edible part is root. It is said that the origin places of gobo are Asia and Europe….

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September 4, 2020

What Is Lotus Root and How Is It Used?

What Is Lotus Root (蓮根 Renkon)? Lotus root is the subterranean stem of a plant that stores nourishment and swell, and it has been grown for food in various places in Japan.Its places of origin are China and India. Generally…

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September 3, 2020

What Is Sudachi and How Is It Used?

What Is Sudachi (すだち)? Sudachi is citrus fruit native to Tokushima prefecture in Japan, and is also called “Citrus sudachi” as scientific name. As a feature of taste, sudachi has unique refreshing scent and fragrant sourness like a lime.Sudachi can…

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September 2, 2020

What Is Karashi and How Is It Used?

What Is Karashi? Karashi is Japanese mustard that is used as a condiment or as a seasoning in various kind of dishes. It’s sometimes described as the term “oriental mustard” or “Chinese mustard” in other countries. ▲Brassica juncea It’s made…

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August 31, 2020

What Is Hanpen and How Is It Used?

What Is Hanpen? It is one of the boiled fish-paste products. Hanpen is produced by boiling a fish paste mixture containing fish paste, albumen, yam, salt, and other seasonings. Raw materials for the fish paste are usually some of the…

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August 29, 2020

What Is Myoga and How Is It Used?

What Is Myoga? Myoga is also called “Myoga ginger” or “Japanese ginger”. It’s the species Zingiber mioga in the family Zingiberaceae. The spikes and stems of sprouts are used for food.The Country of origin is said to be Japan or…

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