Cooking Japanese Food (share recipes)

Tex_Arcana · Conscript Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 105

Am I the only one that will be watching a show where one of the characters pulls out a bento or an onigiri and thought it would be nice to knosh on some Japanese food? If it's late at night or the nearest Japanese resturant is closed you might be out of luck unless you know some of the recipes. A lot of it is pretty easy to make too.

The first thing I ever made was Onigiri (rice ball). All I did was cook up a pot of rice and made a batch of tuna salad. When the rice had cooled down enough to handle I wet my hands and dusted them with a little salt then formed the rice punching a hole in the center. I filled the hole with tuna salad and formed it into the triangular shape you see on the animes. Wrapped it with nori (dried seaweed, but when I don't have nori I sometimes use fresh greens like butter lettuce or spinich leaf) and eat while it's still fresh. You can make onigiri in all sorts of flavors too. I like smoked salmon and cream cheese as well. That may not be too Japanese but it's still good.

Here is a bonus recipe to get things started off:

Peanut Butter Mochi

3 cups water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 (16 ounce) box mochiko (sweet rice flour)
Katakuriko (potato starch), for dusting

Filling
1 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey

To make filling, combine peanut butter and honey; refrigerate until firm, a few hours or overnight.

Bring water to a boil; add sugar and stir until dissolved. Add mochiko a little at a time, stirring constantly. Continue stirring over medium heat until lumps are dissolved.

Place dough on a surface dusted with katakuriko. Allow to cool slightly. Sprinkle with more katakuriko and knead a few times until smooth. Form into a log.

Pinch off a 1 1/2-inch piece of dough and flatten into a circle. Place a teaspoon of filling in the center. Fold edges around filling and pinch to seal.

Makes about 2 dozen mochi.

Variations: For strawberry mochi, coat strawberries in koshi-an (sweet bean paste), then wrap in mochi dough. Add red food coloring to the boiling water if desired to turn the dough pink. For chocolate-peanut butter mochi, substitute chocolate sauce for the honey in the filling, or wrap a chocolate Kiss in the filling.

silverkitsune · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

But, if you really want Japanese style, I mean like every day regular Japanese person's meal (or any east asian style), all you need are some simple dishes (almost anything goes with rice as long as they're not too sweet tasting) with regular white rice. OR, if you are some poor budget student, just boil up some instant ramen... basically Japanese equivalence of kraft dinner, oh in case of US they'd call it Kraft macaroni & cheese huh?
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Tex_Arcana · Conscript Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 105

Yeah Raman is easy and cheap. I kinda lived off that stuff for a long time and still kinda cringe thinking about it. I actually enjoy cooking a lot and have done all kinds of cuisine including French, German, Itallian, Irish and so forth. I'm starting in on Japanese now. This post is my sneaky way to gather recipes Laughing

but I will share those I gathered from other places too.

It just got to the point where I could no longer watch anime charaters eating their great looking bentos, onigiri and slurping down udon without wondering just how good that stuff must be and wanting to make my own. Laughing

That's why my first post was about making onigiri and ended with a recipe for something sweet. I got other recipes but I'm not sharing anymore unless there is some real interest in this thread (i.e. share your stuff folks).

sayoku · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:

mmm...i love mochi...did you know, a number of japnese die from shocking on mochi every year? i like the coconut an d the sweet red bean ones...
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silvermirage · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Nov 20, 2004 Posts: 232

Tuna sashimi:
Buy tuna,
Scale tuna
Thinly slice tuna
Shocked

Raw beef salad:
Buy beef, egg, lettice
Thinly slice beef and lettice
Crack open egg,
Add egg to beef
Shocked

silverkitsune · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject:

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Streak_Hedgecat · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 56

the only stuff I have any ability to "cook" is sushi... oh well, at least I like how I make it! ^__^
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L4mE · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:22 am Post subject:

Miso soup
from my experience
serving for 1 huge pot

water 6000ml
hondashi (dasi) 2-3 spoon
white miso 180 gr
red miso 180 gr

how well first boil the water
then put white and red miso into the pot
then mix it and put hondasi(dasi) into it
and finish and try it

then my friend tell me how to make beef tataki (but never tried yet)
so don't dare yet

lily_sagara · newbie! Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 47

wauw, euhm...this is for one huge pot...i'm still a poor student.
How do you have to change the things to make it fix for like two persons?

btw I really like your idea, if i got time i'll try one of your recipes...
Very Happy

more recipes are always welcome...(unfortunatly i'm a bad cook)

xenon10 · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:32 am Post subject:

uhmmm, i never tried cooking japanes food, but i've tried some. well, a few actually. i went to this jap restaurant and ordered "gyudon". my friend told me it was good and definitely was. can anyone tell me how to make it? it's really good but i cant keep going back to that place. its damn too expensive.

definition(maybe they just made up the name):
it had rice, beef, and veggies. it was covered with this thick brown sauce and a raw egg was placed on top. had to mix it to make it all sticky. i couldnt remember what veggies were used. yum! such strong flavoring and aroma.

so, if anyone know, please post it. i would greatly apppreciate it.
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Ahala · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject:

mmmmm....i am gonna print thease out and try em Very Happy

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L4mE · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject:

well anyway it is actually for a whole lot of people like 100? hahaha
anyway to make it for two serving just keep dividing it with two till it is enough besides i almost never cook at my house since the alarm easily triggered and it is really hatefull
btw the miso soup have more stronger taste than the regular one i think
and the spoon well just try first since i use a different spoon for hondasi(dasi)