I have introduced Baked Eggplant (Grilled Eggplant may be better name…) before. “Nibitashi” is another cooking method of it. The method is almost same, but this is added one more method to simmer eggplant with broth. With simmer it, the gentle taste is added. If you make it cold in the fridge, it will be […]
Do you remember a stuff served with Curry Rice? It is a kind of Japanese pickles and is called “Fukujin Zuke.” If you have been to Curry shop in Japan, you may have found it on the table. You may see it as red. It is colored with a chemical seasoning. Recently brown one like […]
Eggplant is a seasonal vegetable in summer time. However there are some eggplant recipes, I think this is the easiest and most healthy. It is baked, but not using any oil. And when eating it, we usually put some grater ginger, dried bonito flake (Katsuo Bushi) and soy sauce. Ingredients: Eggplant Ginger Dried Bonito Flake […]
This menu is called “Yasai no Suage” which means fried vegetables without any coating. In Japan, there are some fried foods such as Tempura, Tonkatsu, Karaage etc. They have coating, but Suage has no coating. “Su” means nothing is added. “Age” means “fry.” So it is called Suage. At this time, I picked seasonal vegetables […]
Sansho (Japanese Pepper) is only available in June and July in the market. Now, it is the seasonal food. It is used for herbal medicine, too. Recently its efficacy is noteworthy from foreign countries and it is started to export. It is eaten as several different form in Japan. If you have eaten Unagi (Eel) […]
