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Ebi fry is bread coated prawns or shrimp.

Miso Tahini sauce I am a big fan of combining Japanese ingredients with foods from other cultures. So the other day, I tried out a new sauce combining Japanese miso with tahini. Both miso and tahini are quite rich and I thought the combination might be a bit overwhelming but, somewhat to my surprise, the result is truly outstanding. What you get is a thick, rich sauce with a big umami-ful nutty miso flavour. Combining miso and tahini also means you're getting a lot of protein

Tofu Skewers in Miso Tahini sauce I'm in Japan at the moment visiting friends and family. Before I left, I developed a really nice Miso Tahini sauce which I thought would be a perfect accompaniment for barbecue foods - I posted it on the blog last week. The weather at the time wasn't great so I resorted to my grill indoors to try out some grilled Tofu kebabs with the sauce and I can safely say it worked very well! This is a great dish to serve to vegetarians, vegans and als

Coffee Kanten with Whipped cream Do you remember a recipe for berry fruits kanten that I posted a few weeks ago? I'm a fan of kanten (agar agar, jelly) because it's easy to use, versatile, low/no calorie and contains no animal products. So, I thought I'd post another kanten based dessert today - this time using coffee as a flavouring. As kanten has no calories, I thought I'd be a little extravagant and top these desserts with whipped cream but, of course, that's up to you en

How to make Japanese Cold soba with summer vegetables.

Two layer Fruit Kanten Hello everyone. Here's my latest offering - a kanten based dessert made in two layers. For anyone who hasn't come across kanten before, (agar agar is a close relative,) it's an algae based product used to make jellies and other desserts. It's similar to gelatine but it's completely a non-animal product, so suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It's also full of fibre so it's also great for your digestion. This recipe is healthy, a cinch to make and it a

Here is a new recipe from my friend Yumiko Nikaido who lives in Tokyo - it's called Hayashi rice - this one is perfect for those chilly autumn nights when you want something warming and hearty.

Sweet Potato Miso Soup Today, I'm posting one of my favourite miso soup recipes - sweet potato miso soup. This is a great combination - the sweet potato enhances the flavour of the miso and makes for a more substantial meal - you could eat this with a bowl of rice for your lunch and not feel short changed. Along with the sweet potato, you get onion and shiitake mushrooms for 3 of your 5 a day veggies. Making sweet potato miso soup is simplicity itself - as always with a miso

Ochazuke with Salmon I hope you all had a great Christmas and saw 2020 in with lots of good things to eat and drink. If, like me, you ate more than you probably should have, you might feel in need of a little tummy physiotherapy, so over the next few weeks, I'll be posting a few lighter recipes to help you get back on the straight and narrow. The recipe featured here is Ochazuke with salmon. Ochazuke in Japanese simply means a dish that involves pouring water, dashi stock or

Tuna Ochazuke Ochazuke may just be Japan's oldest dish. I blogged about instant ochazuke recently and that reminded me that I should publish some more diy ochazuke recipes - instant ochazuke (the stuff you get in packets) takes no time at all - the quality of the contents is variable but in the end, you get what you pay for. But you'd be surprised that making ochazuke yourself is also a very quick process - you're less than 10 minutes away from a little (or large) bowl of go

This bibimbap isn't very spicy but just right.

Matcha Tiramisu If you are of a certain age, you might remember that back in the 1980s, Tiramisu was the absolute must eat dessert, especially in Japan. Nowadays, this Italian dessert is still a firm favourite and like most foods that have stood the test of time in Japan, it's "gone native" to fit the Japanese palate and undergone a few changes. For example, unlike the Italian original, Japanese tiramisu doesn't use eggs which makes it a little less rich and a little less cal

Roots Vegetables are good ingredients for making salad.