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Tenkasu (天かす, lit. "tempura waste") [1] are crunchy bits of deep-fried flour batter used in Japanese cuisine, specifically in dishes such as soba, udon, takoyaki, and okonomiyaki. Hot, plain soba and udon with added tenkasu are called tanuki-soba and tanuki-udon , respectively ( haikara-soba and haikara-udon in the Kansai region ).
Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with two distinct variants from Hiroshima or the Kansai region of Japan, but is widely available throughout the country, with toppings and batters varying by area. The name is derived from the word okonomi , meaning "how you like" or "what you like", and yaki , meaning "grilled".
The process of making rice wine and fermented bean paste using moulds was first documented in the 4th century B.C. [23] In 725 AD the Japanese book Harima no Kuni Fudoki ('Geography and Culture of the Harima Province') first mentioned kōji outside of China and described that the Japanese produced kōji with fungal spores from the air.
Now popular throughout Japan. Motsunabe - a nabemono dish of beef or pork offal. (Fukuoka) Mentaiko spicy fish eggs (Fukuoka) Champon - a ramen-like dish of noodles, seafood and vegetables cooked in the same pot. Castella - a sweet, rectangular sponge cake, introduced to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the 16th Century. Now popular throughout Japan.
Dorayaki (どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) is a type of Japanese confection. It consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet azuki bean paste. [1] [2] The original dorayaki consisted of only one layer. Its current shape was invented in 1914 by Usagiya in the Ueno district ...
Ichijū-sansai (Japanese: 一汁三菜) is a traditional Japanese dining format that typically consists of one bowl of rice, one soup, and three side dishes (one main dish and two side dishes). [1] It is a key component of kaiseki cuisine and reflects the aesthetic and nutritional principles of Japanese meals .
Nukazuke. Nukazuke (糠漬け) is a type of traditional Japanese preserved food, made by fermenting vegetables in rice bran (nuka), developed in the 17th century. [1]Almost any vegetable may be preserved using this technique, although some common varieties include celery, eggplants, daikon, cabbage, carrots, and cucumbers. [2]
The practise of a Confucian teaching that cautioned about eating too much, so as not to over burden the spleen, stomach or heart [11] evolved into a Japanese proverb as: "Hara hachi bun ni yamai nashi, hara juuni bun ni isha tarazu" (腹八分に病なし、腹十二分に医者足らず) or literally "stomach 80% in, no illness, stomach 120% ...