Ingredients: 2 blocks cotton tofu, cut into small blocks 6 inches konbu (kelp) For dipping sauce: 2 cups dashi soup 1/3 cup soy sauce 1 Tbsp mirin For toppings: katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) chopped scallions or green onion grated ginger Preparation: Clean kombu with clean towels. Put the kombu in a donabe (earthenware pot) and [...]

Ingredients: 1 stick kanten (agar agar), or 1/6 oz. kanten powder 1 1/4 cup water 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 lb. anko (1 1/2 cup) Preparation: Soak kanten in lots of water for about one hour. Squeeze the kanten and tear it into small pieces. Put the kanten in 1 and 1/4 cup of water in [...]

Ingredients: 1 Tbsp shiratamako (glutinous rice flour) 2/3 cup all purpose flour 1 Tbsp sugar 3/4 cup water 3/4 cup anko (sweet bean paste) *red food color 8 store sold, salt pickled sakura (Japanese cherry tree) leaves Preparation: Wash salted sakura leaves in water and dry them with paper towel. Make 8 anko balls and set [...]

Ingredients: 4 cups sushi rice 4 sheets nori (dried seaweed) 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds 1/2 lb sushi/sashimi grade tuna (maguro) 1 Tbsp mayonnaise 1/2 tsp togarashi (chile powder) *adjust the amount to your preference. Preparation: Chop sashimi/sushi grade tuna and mix with mayonnaise and togarashi. Put a nori sheet on top of a bamboo [...]

Ingredients: 2 lb fresh young ginger (shin shoga) 3 cups rice vinegar 2 cups sugar 2 tsps salt Preparation: Wash young ginger root and rub off skin. Slice the ginger thinly and salt them. Leave salted ginger slices in a bowl for one hour. Dry the ginger slices with paper towels and put them in [...]

Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups Japanese rice (1/4 cup rice vinegar, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt) 3 eggs and 1/2 Tbsp sugar 1 cucumber, julienned 1/2 lb sashimi/sushi-grade tuna slices, marinated in 2 Tbsp of soy sauce and a little bit of wasabi (if you would like) 8 dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated in 2 cups [...]

Ingredients: 4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed), cut in half 4 cups sushi rice 2 Japanese cucumber, cut into long sticks Preparation: Put a half-size nori on top of a bamboo mat (makisu). Spread about a half cup of sushi rice on top of the nori. Place cucumber sticks horizontally on the rice. Roll up [...]

Ingredients: 4 cups sushi rice 4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed) 1 avocado 3/4 cup crab meat 2 Tbsp mayonnaise 1/2 tsp salt Preparation: Peel an avocado and cut it into strips or mash it. Put imitation crab in a bowl and mix with salt and mayonnaise. Cover a bamboo mat with plastic wrap. Put [...]

ingredients: sashimi (raw fish), raw fish and rice peparation: Sushi is perhaps the most famous Japanese food in the world. In Japanese cuisine, sushi indicates dishes that use sushi rice, which is seasoned with a sweet vinegar mixture. Since Japan is surrounded by ocean, seafood has always been widely consumed as well as rice. So, the [...]