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3 Japanese stocks which is suitable for vegan and vegetarian.

Here's a Japanese recipe to put the humble but healthy cucumber on top of the taste chart - Wakame and Cucumber salad in a Japanese vinaigrette.

Chilled Japanese Soba Noodles are called Zaru soba in Japanese. Zarusoba is easy and quick to cook and healthy dish as well.

Here is a very popular Japanese dish that pairs Japanese curry with udon noodles.

House Vermont Curry roux is one of the popular curry in Japan. In this blog Im introducing 3 different curry.

Onigiri-Rice balls.

Delicious vegetable tempura.

Shisomiso and chicken Onigirazu and Natto and spring onion Onigirazu You might remember I posted an item on making shisomiso a couple of weeks ago. I put some of it to good use in some onigirazu, paired with chicken & spinach - super healthy & very tasty. At the same time, I also made some onigirazu using natto & spring onion - very yum also. These are great mainstays for a healthy lunch box, a picnic or just as a snack if you are on the go and in need of a nutricious energy

Japanese meat balls - Niku Dango Here's a recipe which sounds better in Japanese, "niku dango", than in English - plain old meat balls! But Japanese meat balls - Niku Dango are actually far from plain - they're made of minced pork cooked in a sweet soy sauce. They'll grace any dinner table or you can just pop them in a lunch box for a nourishing midday meal. Alternatively, you can also put these on skewers & cook them over the barbecue. I've truly never come across anyone w

Here's a one-pot winter warmer from Japan...Oden.

Menchi katsu is another example of a Western style dish assimilated into Japanese food culture at the turn of the 20th century.

Ton Jiru.

This is Kanto style Sukiyaki.

Japanese style Chahan with Chicken which is fried rice.

"Sauce Katsudon" which means that your katsu will be delivered in a bowl perched on a blanket of shredded cabbage laid over a thick bed of rice.

Here is a classic Japanese dish called Oyakodon that you'll find in homes and restaurants throughout the country.

How to make Yakitori at home.

Ebi fry is bread coated prawns or shrimp.

I use teriyaki sauce a lot in general Japanese cooking.

Simmered Chicken and Daikon Now that autumn is here, it's time to start making some dishes for cooler darker, evenings - something warming and nutricious. This week, I'm featuring simmered chicken and daikon (white radish/mouli.) As you may know, most kitchens in Japan lack an oven but gas or electric hobs are ubiquitous. So, cooking food in a pan, either by frying, deep frying or, in this case, simmering (known as "Nimono" in Japanese) are the standard techniques for prep