Amazake Milk: A Healthy Nutritious Beverage for Summer
When it comes to summer drinks, many adults will bring to mind icy chilled beer. But when you think of beverages ideal for the hot summertime, what comes to mind? As for me, that’s “Amazake...
Category: Recipes
Warabi Mochi: Traditional Japanese Mochi-like Bracken Cake
“Mochi (餅)” is a traditional Japanese food made of glutinous rice that’s been steamed and pounded, which usually has a white color and is characterized by its stickiness. Mochi is not only used in...
Shio Yokan: Salted Sweet Red Bean Jelly
A while ago, I wrote about how Neri Yokan, Mizu Yokan, and Mushi Yokan differ in this post. They are three types of Japanese sweet called Yokan (羊羹), and Neri Yokan (練羊羮) is the most...
Furikake Rice Seasoning Recipe using Umaibo Corn Puffs
Some Japanese people like to create food recipes using snacks and candies. In fact, you can find a bunch of recipes of that kind on the internet offered in Japanese. Among those, I have...
Kinakobo: Classic Japanese Kinako Candy Sticks
Our country Japan has various treats made with Kinako (きなこ/きな粉) roasted soybean flour, which includes Genkotsu Ame and Kinako Mochi snacks. And that also applies to Dagashi (駄菓子), the snack genre of cheap, unique, and relatively...
3 Unique & Healthy Japanese Sweet Milk Drink Recipes
As for Japanese beverages using milk, I think Matcha Latte or Green Tea Latte is especially popular in many countries thanks to coffee chains like Starbucks. It is well-recognized worldwide, but there are still...
Shio Kombu: How to Use Salted Kelp (5 Easy Recipes)
Seaweed is an indispensable part of Japanese cuisine; For instance, we often make Dashi stock from kombu or seaweed kelp and use it in various dishes, including miso soup, Nabemono hot pots, and noodle...
Natto Ochazuke: Easy Nutritious Recipe using Dried Natto
Originating from Japan, Natto (納豆) is a fermented soybean with a characteristic smell and slimy consistency, because of which many people can’t eat this soy food. Have you ever eaten the delicacy before? If...
