Tentsuyu
Tentsuyu is a dipping sauce for tempura. Tsuyu actually means soup, but usually refers to dipping sauce – mentsuyu for noodles and tentsuyu for tempura. …
Tempura Batter
Tempura is amazing when the batter is light and crispy. So let’s cut to the chase. Amazing tempura batter secret #1 The biggest secret to …
Mentsuyu
Mentsuyu literally translates as noodle sauce (NOT pasta sauce. Very different!). It is most commonly used as a dipping sauce with cold noodles, and as a soup …
Tofu Dressing
In Japanese this dish is called shira ae, or ‘white dressing’. It’s a type of aemono, meaning ‘dressed thing’. Other types of aemono include goma ae (sesame seed dressing), miso ae (miso dressing), karashi …
Usuyaki Tamago and Kinshi Tamago
Usuyaki tamago, or “thin cooked egg”, is a very thin egg crepe. You can use usuyaki tamago to wrap sushi rice, like hamaguri zushi or chakin …
How to make sushi rice
Many people living outside of Japan associate the word sushi to raw fish. That’s not entirely off the mark, as raw fish is a common …
Dashi Shoyu
Dashi shoyu is a versatile, umami-rich and slightly sweeter version of soy sauce. It’s a great umami enhancer for Japanese recipes that don’t already include dashi. …
Tosazu
Tosazu means Tosa-style vinegar (su). Tosa is the old name for what is known today as Kochi prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. The …
Sanbaizu
Sanbaizu is a standard sunomono dressing. Sunomono translates as things (mono) of vinegar (su), and is the umbrella term for a range of vinegar-based dishes. Sanbaizu gets …
How to cook Japanese rice
Japanese people are known for their love of rice. It’s so central to the traditional Japanese meal that the word for cooked rice also means …
How to make your own dashi
There are many kinds of dashi, but the most well-known type combines kombu (a type of kelp found mainly in Japan) and katsuobushi (dried shavings of skipjack tuna). The …