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Dashi (出 汁, だし) is a family of stocks used in Japanese cuisine. Dashi forms the base for miso soup , clear broth soup, noodle broth soup, and many simmering liquids to accentuate the savory flavor known as umami . [ 1 ]
Matsuri float, also known as a dashi or sansha, is a type of float that is either pulled or carried during a festival in Japan. It is a general term used to refer to any float that is used for this purpose. Dashi are one of three large structures at Japanese festivals alongside Yatai, and Mikoshi. [1]
Kombu is sold dried (dashi konbu) or pickled in vinegar (su konbu) or as a dried shred (oboro konbu, tororo konbu or shiraga konbu). It may also be eaten fresh in sashimi. Kombu is used extensively in Japanese cuisines as one of the three main ingredients needed to make dashi, a soup stock.
Miso soup (味噌汁 or お味噌汁, miso-shiru or omiso-shiru, お-/o- being honorific) is a traditional Japanese soup consisting of miso paste mixed with a dashi stock.It is commonly served as part of an ichijū-sansai (一汁三菜) meal, meaning "one soup, three dishes," a traditional Japanese meal structure that includes rice, soup, and side dishes.
In addition to making dashi, other popular uses of katsuobushi include: Okaka, finely chopped katsuobushi dressed with soy sauce. As a stuffing for rice balls . As a topping for rice. Popular for bentō, often covered with strips of laver. Dried okaka is used as an ingredient of furikake rice topping (called "okaka furikake").
Chazuke (茶漬け, ちゃづけ) or ochazuke (お 茶 漬 け, from cha 'tea' + tsuke 'submerge') is a simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea, [1] dashi, or hot water over cooked rice. [2] Chazuke provides a way to use leftover rice as a quick snack because it is easy to make. In Kyoto, ochazuke is known as bubuzuke. [3]
A typical sauce might consist of dashi (stock broth) flavored with soy sauce and mirin (rice wine). Proportions vary, but there is normally three to four times as much dashi as soy sauce and mirin. For oyakodon, Tsuji (1980) recommends dashi flavored with light soy
In Japan, niboshi dashi is one of the more common forms of dashi. It is especially popular as the base stock when making miso soup. Niboshi dashi is made by soaking niboshi in plain water. If left overnight or brought nearly to a boil, the flavor of niboshi permeates the water to make the stock. Niboshi are also cooked and served as snacks.