Easy, Tasty, Fun, Creative and Kawaii Japanese Food Recipes and Cooking Hacks Blog with How-To YouTube Cooking Show Video Tutorials. Bento, Healthy Sweets and More!!! Make Your Life Easier ;)
This video will show you how to make Onigiri (Rice Ball) wrappers using the stuff on hand: aluminum foil and scotch tape. If you have a cute masking tape, that will do and perfect 💕
Now you can keep Nori seaweed sheet fresh and crisp until you're ready to eat!!!
NOTE 1: 240g (0.5lb) rice & 2 tsp. Sesame oil (or any oil is ok) to coat the rice.
NOTE 2: By mixing oil in rice, you can keep the rice MOIST and SOFT even if you keep it in the fridge. Which means, you can make this onigiri a night before and store it in the fridge for your lunch 😉
NOTE 3: Instead of mixing in the oil, you can brush the aluminum foil with oil. You can use either idea depending on the Onigiri you make.
This video will show you how to make Vega (Orihime 織姫) and Altair (Kengyuu 牽牛(彦星) using Origami.
Tanabata, which is a festival celebrated on July 7th. People write their wishes on strips of paper and hang them on bamboo trees. Moreover, there is a Tanabata story. I don't think the story is that romantic, but it is about Vega (Orihime 織姫) and Altair (Kengyuu 牽牛(彦星)). They fell in love with each other but without working. So the emperor (Tentei 天帝, Orihime's father) decided to separate them on opposite sides of the river of the Milky Way. Now they could see each other, only once a year on Tanabata July 7th, if they work hard.
In this video, I will show you the most common, basic, and popular brands to start with. I'm sure you can get them at Japanese grocery stores in your country. Or maybe online!
If you live in Japan, probably you know the below products as well. I use them now instead of the common ones. However, when I serve food to my friends, I use the common brands since there is no mistake using them!
Matsuno Shoyu 松野醤油 (in Kyoto) has practiced the traditional handmade method of making Japanese soy sauce for 200 years. Only the best ingredients are chosen because these decide the final aroma and taste of their soy sauce after fermentation in wooden barrels. http://www.matsunoshouyu.co.jp/
Chidorisu 千鳥酢 (rice vinegar)
2 times more Lycopene Tomato Ketchup カゴメ 濃厚リコピン トマトケチャップ
Nagano Tomato Kids' Ketchup with Chopped Veggies ナガノトマト 子どもと食べたい! つぶ野菜入りケチャップ
You can make the "Cream Horn Mold" by rolling a sheet of cardboard into a cone shape, staple together, then wrap with aluminum foil. (See the video)
Ingredients:
((Soy Milk Chocolate Custard Cream))
100ml soy milk
a few drops of vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
1&1/2 tbsp. granulated sugar
1&1/4 tbsp. flour
40g chocolate
((No-Rising Tofu Cornet Buns))
150g (5.3oz.) soft tofu
1 tbsp. olive oil or cooking oil
1 tbsp. sugar syrup or honey
A 200g (1.5 cup) bread flour
A 2 tsp. baking powder
A 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
A a pinch of salt
Directions:
((Soy Milk Chocolate Custard Cream))
1. Put soy milk in a saucepan then heat just until it starts to boil. Season with vanilla extract.
2. In a bowl, mix egg yolk and granulated sugar until white and creamy.
3. Sift in flour and mix well.
4. Add soy milk little by little then mix well.
5. Strain the mixture through a sieve back into the saucepan.
6. Put on low, stir constantly, and stop the heat when the cream starts to thicken. Mix well with the remaining heat. Leave to cool completely.
7. Melt the chocolate over hot water. Mix into the soy custard little by little.
8. Transfer the cream into a pastry bag then chill in the fridge.
((No-Rising Tofu Cornet Buns))
1. Strain Tofu through a sieve into a bowl. Add cooking oil and sugar syrup, then mix well.
2. Sift in A then mix well.
3. Divide it into 4 pieces. Roll into a rope then roll it around a horn mold.
4. Cover with plastic wrap then rest while preheating the oven to 180C (350F).
5. Bake at 180C (350F) for 10~15 minutes.
6. Remove the molds, leave to cool completely then pipe in the soy chocolate custard cream.
I am not a vegan (and many Japanese people here are not), so I understand it is difficult to find vegan Japanese food recipes. However buddhist cuisine called Shojin Ryori (influenced by Chinese Buddhism) monks and some believers eat vegetarian or vegan based on the Dharmic concept of ahimsa. Shojin Ryori is served at restaurants very casually nowadays but they are not made by vegan specialized cooks, so be careful 😅
Dashi is a Japanese soup stock used for many dishes. Kombu Dashi (Kelp Broth) is a Vegan option. It includes only water and dried kelp. The easiest and fastest you can make is by mixing hot water and kelp Dashi powder sold at most Japanese grocery stores or maybe online!
Miso is not only for the soup but can be used to add tasty flavor to the dishes. Please get Miso without Dashi.
Ramune is a nostalgic tablet-shaped Japanese candy. It is one of Japanese Dagashi (cheap small snacks and candies) most kids enjoy in their childhood 💕
Directions:
1. Mix citric acid and lemon juice in a bowl, until somewhat blended is ok.
2. Add powdered sugar, corn starch, and baking soda in order. (You do not want to let the baking soda touch the liquid or it becomes fizzy.)
3. Mix very well with your hand. If you think you need more water, add little by little. A drop at a time or a 1/2 tsp. at a time. Clasp and unclasp your hand to check if it becomes one but crumbles (Not too moist. If you add too much water, it becomes fizzy and plumps up. See the video).
4. Push into a mold to shape.
5. Dry them out completely for a day.
Imo Mochi (Potato Rice Cakes) are one of the very popular Traditional Hokkaido snacks. The texture is chewy like Mochi, coated with addictive sweet soy glaze! I wrapped with Nori seaweed sheet, just like Isobeyaki 💕 Mouthwatering! Must try😋
Only 7 Ingredients 👍
Most ingredients are only 2 tbsp. Easy to remember 😉
Perfect for Vegan, Vegetarian people as well 💖
Print Out this recipe on your Post Card
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Hokkaido Potato Mochi (Chewy Traditional Japanese Snack Recipe)
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 30 min
Number of servings: 8 pieces
Directions:
1. Mix the sauce. Cut Nori sheet into 8 strips.
2. Wash and clean the potatoes. With the skins, place it on a microwavable dish, cover with plastic wrap, then microwave at 600w for 5 minutes until you can insert a fork or a bamboo stick. Remove the skins then mash.
3. Add Katakuriko (potato starch) then knead by hand.
4. Divide it into 8, then roll into flat circles. If they crack, moist your hand with water then roll again.
5. Heat cooking oil (about 2 tbsp.) in a frying pan, cook both sides of potato Mochi until crisp golden brown.
6. Remove the excess oil with a paper towel. Stop the heat, then add the sauce and cook with the remaining heat until the sauce thickens. You can heat more if the sauce is still not thick.
7. Nicely coat the potato Mochi with sauce, then wrap in Nori.
Yummy if you add some cheese in the center.
Best eaten on the day you make but yes, you can keep in the fridge then microwave.
You can also freeze them at step 3. Wrap individual potato Mochi in plastic wrap. When you eat, cook in the pan frozen.
Directions:
1. Mix butter and sugar with a whisk until creamy.
2. Add nutella and mix well with a whisk.
3. Sift in flour and mix well with a spatula.
4. Then mix in chocolate chips.
5. Shape into small balls, place them on a frying pan, then flatten out with your fingers.
6. Cook on the stove on low for 15 minutes. Let cool in the pan until completely cool and set.
Best eaten on the day you make. Keep in an air-tight container with silica gel packets if you have.
Crisp cookies, smooth mellow rich butter cream, and juicy rum raisins are incredible match. Very addictive sweets.
You can make them at home very easily. Homemade ones are the best ;)
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How to Make Rum Raisin Butter Cream Sandwich Cookies (Famous Hokkaido Sweets)
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 2hrs
Number of servings: 8 sandwich cookies
Ingredients:
((Rum Raisins))
40g (1/4cup) raisins
1 tbsp. rum
((Cookies))
50g (4tbsp.) unsalted butter
35g (4tbsp.) powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
1 egg yolk
90g (10 tbsp.) cake flour
20g (3 tbsp.) almond flour (almond powder)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
a pinch of salt
((Butter Cream))
1 egg white
2 tsp. granulated sugar
70g (5 tbsp.) unsalted butter
2 tsp. granulated sugar
40g (3 tbsp.) white chocolate
vanilla extract *if you like
1 tsp. rum *if you like
Directions:
((Rum Raisins))
1. Toss raisins with rum and leave overnight.
((Cookies))
1. Cream the butter in a bowl. Add powdered sugar and egg yolk in order, mix well.
2. Sift in cake flour, almond powder, baking powder, and salt. Cut through with a spatula to mix and form it into one. Using a plastic wrap, spread out the batter into a 20cm(8inch) X 26cm(10inch) rectangular sheet. Put in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
3. Trim off the edges. Cut into 3cm(1.2inch) X 6cm(2.4inch) rectangle pieces.
4. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in an oven at 180C (350F) for 12~15 minutes.
5. Place them on a wire rack to cool completely.
((Butter Cream))
1. In a bowl, place egg white and granulated sugar, beat with an electric mixer until stiff glossy peaks form.
2. In a different bowl, mix butter and granulated sugar until white and creamy.
3. Melt white chocolate over hot water. Add into the butter mixture little by little.
4. Then add the fluffy egg white (meringue) little by little.
5. If you like, you can flavor with vanilla extract and rum.
6. Put the butter cream and rum raisins in between the cookies to finish.
YES! You can make them a day (night) before. Keep them in the fridge for 2~3 days. The cream will set nicely, cold, smooth, and delicious! Of course eating them as soon as you can is flavorful and better.
