Authentic Japanese Home Cooking
Today’s recipe, California Rolls, is the first of the 4 Sushi Rolls Recipe Series, and the most popular sushi in Australia and the US. The fillings in California Rolls consist of real or imitation crab meat, avocado, and cucumber, which make this sushi roll more accessible to people who are not familiar with (or fond of) raw fish.
Unlike standard Japanese sushi rolls, you don’t see yaki nori (roasted seaweed sheet) around the roll, which makes it a unique sushi roll….
For the sushi lovers, I am delivering my Sushi Rolls Recipe Series over the next several weeks. You will learn how to make the 4 different types of sushi rolls that are the most popular in Australia and the US. I posted Take Away Sushi Rolls some time ago, but I could only demonstrate one…
I usually make dishes from scratch, but today I am introducing an instant broth for all kinds of hot pot dishes, aka Quick and Easy Hot Pot. For an off-the shelf, ready-made broth, it tastes great. Have your chopped vegetables and meat ready, put everything in a pot, and voila! I will show you different…
Bamboo Shoots Simmered in Bonito Flakes is a typical spring dish. It celebrates the bamboo shoots and the rich flavour of bonito flakes. The sweetness of the simmering broth is reduced to bring out the flavour of soy sauce and bonito flakes. This is the last bamboo shoot dish that I mentioned in my post…
Today’s soup, Miso Soup with Kingfish Head (Kingfish Arajiru), is a rich miso soup with umami-bomb stock that is made from a kingfish head. It is a filling miso soup containing root vegetables and the kingfish flesh on the head bones as well as the collars. Miso soup usually uses dashi stock to cook ingredients,…
Fried Tofu with Thick Mushroom Sauce is made of just vegetables, but it is surprisingly filling and satisfying. The flavour of the Asian mushrooms in the thickened sauce makes the plain deep-fried tofu so tasty. It is also a great vegetarian dish when you use a vegetarian dashi stock. I introduced the name ‘ankake’ in…
Matcha Pudding is a very easy dessert to make. The slight bitterness of matcha, a lightly sweetened smooth and silky texture, and the beautiful green colour make you addicted to this dessert. Sweet toppings are must-haves. I call today’s pudding ‘Easy Matcha Pudding’ because you don’t need to steam or bake it to coagulate the…
