Nori-Wrapped Scallops
This dish is called hotate no isobeyaki in Japanese. Breaking it down, hotate is the word for scallops, yaki means ‘cooked’, and isobe refers to the seaweed wrapping. Actually, isobe …
Browse Popular Categories
Latest Recipes
Carrot Shirishiri
In Japanese, this dish is called ninjin no shirishiri, or shredded carrot. Japanese is full of onomatopoeic words, and shirishiri happens to be one of them. It indicates the noise …
Tofu Steak
Tofu steak is a simplified version of agedashi tofu, a traditional Japanese recipe with deep-fried tofu served in a dashi-based broth. The first big difference is that …
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. …
Daigaku Imo
Daigaku imo means university potatoes! The name of this dish is said to have one of two origins. One is rather romantic and the other is …
Miso Simmered Mackerel
This is a very popular Japanese recipe for home cooks. The relatively strong flavour of mackerel simmered in miso sauce pairs especially well with the …
Chrysanthemum Greens With Walnut Dressing
Chrysanthemum greens are a common ingredient in East Asian cuisine, but it’s not always easy to find them outside of Asia. Look for an Asian …
Quick Spinach Ohitashi
Spinach ohitashi is a standard side dish that fits beautifully in the traditional ichiju sansai (i.e. one soup, three side dishes) meal format. Ohitashi comes …
Eggplant Agebitashi
Agebitashi means fried (ageh) and soaked (hitashi). This is a Japanese cooking technique in which vegetables are deep-fried and then soaked in a flavourful broth. Frying evaporates …
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 …