Soy Sauce Pickled Jabara Cucumber
This dish is a type of tsukemono, or “pickled thing”. What’s special about this Japanese recipe is the way the cucumbers are cut. Score one side …
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 …