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Tororo (Japanese: 薯蕷, とろろ) is a Japanese side dish made from grating raw yams such as yamaimo (Japanese mountain yam) or nagaimo (Chinese yam).. The flavorless dish uses ingredients such as wasabi (a pungent paste made from the wasabi plant), dashi (Japanese stocks), and chopped spring onions, to give it more flavor.
The tororo is the mucilaginous purée made by grating varieties the Chinese yam (nagaimo, ichōimo, tsukuneimo) [17] or the native Japanese yam. [30] The classic Japanese culinary technique is to grate the yam by grinding it against the rough grooved surface of a suribachi, which is an earthenware mortar. [31]
Yamakake, Japanese dish prepared from tororo (D. polystachya) and maguro (tuna) An exception to the cooking rule is the mountain yam (Dioscorea polystachya), known as nagaimo and can be further classified into ichōimo (lit. 'ginkgo-leaf yam'; kanji: 銀杏芋), or yamatoimo (lit. Yamato yam; kanji: 大和芋), depending on the root shape.
Peel potatoes, rinse then slice into 1/4" rounds. Place in a pot, cover with water then allow to soften; approximately 15-20 minutes. Heat oil in a large frying pan then add onions. Drain potatoes ...
1 ½ cup Japanese rice, cooked to fluffiness Three umeboshi salted Japanese plums (available at Asian food stores; for smaller umeboshi, use one for each rice ball) Two sheets of dried nori seaweed
In the late 1800s, okra soup recipes were commonly published in The New York Times. [10] American okra soup can be prepared using canned, frozen, or fresh okra. [ 11 ] It is a traditional soup in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina .
The batter is made of flour, grated nagaimo (a long type of yam), dashi or water, eggs, shredded cabbage, and usually contains other ingredients such as green onion, meat (usually thinly sliced pork belly or American bacon), octopus, squid, shrimp, vegetables, konjac, mochi, or cheese. [1] [8] [14]
Yamanoimo or jinenjo (Dioscorea japonica) – considered the true Japanese yam. The name jinenjo refers to roots dug from the wild. Nagaimo (D. opposita) – In a strict sense, refers to the long truncheon-like form. Yamatoimo (D. opposita) – A fan-shaped (ginkgo leaf shaped) variety, more viscous than the long form.