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. …
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 …
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 …
No dashi no life?
Dashi and Washoku Every typical Japanese dish almost always includes dashi. So it’s no exaggeration to say that dashi is the element upon which the …