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The Japanese kitchen (Japanese: 台所, romanized: Daidokoro, lit. 'kitchen') is the place where food is prepared in a Japanese house. Until the Meiji era, a kitchen was also called kamado (かまど; lit. stove) [1] and there are many sayings in the Japanese language that involve kamado as it was considered the symbol of a house. The term ...
A Japanese kitchen knife is a type of kitchen knife used for food preparation. These knives come in many different varieties and are often made using traditional Japanese blacksmithing techniques. They can be made from stainless steel , or hagane , which is the same kind of steel used to make Japanese swords . [ 1 ]
The Japanese version of the rice paddle, the 'shamoji', is said to have been first devised by a monk on Itsukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture. [2] The word is an example of nyōbō kotoba , being derived from the first part of shakushi ( 杓子 , " ladle ") , plus the moji ( 文字 , "character") suffix.
It is a common Japanese legend that a truly great itamae-san ("san" is an honorific suffix) should be able to create nigirizushi in which all of the rice grains face the same direction. Itamae training is conducted all over the world, including Japan, the USA and the UK. The process can take from 2 to 20 years.
The name kamado is the Japanese word for "stove" or "cooking range". It means a "place for the cauldron". A movable kamado called "mushikamado" came to the attention of Americans after World War II. It is now found in the US as a Kamado-style cooker or barbecue grill. The mushikamado is a round clay pot with a removable domed clay lid and is ...
The word washoku is now the common word for traditional Japanese cooking. The term kappō [ ja ] ( 割烹 , lit. "cutting and boiling (meats)") is synonymous with "cooking", but became a reference to mostly Japanese cooking, or restaurants, and was much used in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
A coal-fired tandoor with a mild steel drum.. The English word comes from the Hindustani tandūr, which came from Persian tanūr and ultimately from the Akkadian word tinūru (𒋾𒂟), which consists of the parts tin ' mud ' and nuro / nura ' fire ' and is mentioned as early as in the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, cf. or Avestan tanûra and Middle Persian tanûr.
from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.