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"Day of Go-ya" [Cooking Recipe LIFE]
Today the May 8th (5/8) is the “Day of Go-ya”!! (Bitter melon) “5” is “Go”, and “8” is ...Read More

Fried Okinawa noodles with ketchup [Cooking Recipe]
This noodle dish is easy and quick to cook, using ketchup with fried noodles to create a good old Okinawan flavor. This is straightforward h...Read More

Okinawan Food Tasting Event [Cooking Recipe LIFE]
Tomigusuku city Chamber of Commerce offers food tasting event at XROSS*R in American Village Mihama, Chatan. They are doing a survey to find...Read More

Shima hot pepper ahijo [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients ・1 Shima hot pepper (togarashi) ・6 shrimps ・6 mushrooms ・1/3 shimeji mushroom ・6 of broccoli florets ・1/2 cup olive oil ・1tbs garlic paste ・1/2 tbs chicke...

Maguro no shio-koji yaki – Tuna fried with salt fermented rice malt (shio-koji) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 fillets of tuna 2 tbs shio-koji 1 tbs vegetable or sesame oil 1 plastic bag Directions Place tuna in a plastic bag with shio-koji. Marinate the tuna at least 20 min...

Hirayachi – Okinawan vegetable crepes [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (For 4 people) ・1 cup flour ・1.5 cups water ・1 egg ・1/3 bundle garlic chives (Nira) ・½ can of tuna ・1 tbs dried bonito powder ・Salt to taste Directions Wash the garlic ...

Yakitori – Barbecued chicken on skewer [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 1 packet chicken breasts or thighs for yakitori 1/2 cup soy sauce 4 tbs sweet sake mirin みりん 2 tbs cooking sake 料理酒 1 tbs sugar Directions Mix ingredients for sauce in ...

Somen Champuru [Cooking Recipe]
Somen champuru was standard emergency food on Okinawa during typhoons. Until recently, severe weather often caused power outages that lasted a day or two. In order to be ready, Oki...

Shiromizakana no Misoyaki – White fish in miso [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients 2 white fish fillets Pinch of salt 1/2 tbs vegetable oil 2 tbs miso paste* 2 tbs sweet sake Mirin みりん* 1 tbs cooking sake 料理酒* 1 tbs sugar* 2 tbs water* Directions Spri...

Chilled somen noodles [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 people) 8 bundles somen noodles Mentsuyu for seasoning Topping Sliced ham 2 eggs 4 crab sticks 1/2 cucumber Directions Boil somen noodles 1 to 2 minutes. Drain t...

Amazuankake – Sweet and sour sauce with fish [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients Sweet and sour sauce 3 tbs vinegar 2 tbs sugar 1 tbs soy sauce 3 tbs ketchup 3 tbs water 1 tbs potato starch Fish 15 oz (or 8 pieces) white fish fillets Salt and pepper...

Goya salad [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 people) 1/2 goya 1 pack salad mix 5 small tomatoes Japanese style (Wafu) dressing to taste Directions Wash and cut goya in half lengthwise. . Gouge out th...

Renkon itame – Lotus root with balsamic vinegar [Cooking Recipe]
Have you seen a lotus root in a Japanese market and wondered how to use it? This is one of my favorite ways to cook the lotus root. The lotus root doesn’t have a strong taste itsel...

Tuna salad -Tuna with Chinese chives [Cooking Recipe]
Chinese chives are in season right now and you can buy them at a really reasonable price at farmers’ markets. This is just one of the ways you can use nice fresh Chinese chi...

Okra and Mozuku Soup [Cooking Recipe]
A variety of okra grown on Okinawa, known as ‘neri’ in local dialect, is round in shape and a little longer than okra cultivated in mainland Japan. It’s also softer, and contains m...

Nikujaga – Braised meat and potatoes [Cooking Recipe]
By Naoko Ogura-Gayler Ingredients To serve 4 4 oz. sliced pork or beef 2 potatoes 1 carrot 1/2 onion 2 tbs soy sauce 3 tbs sweet sake Mirin Green beans 1/2 tbs vegetable oil Direct...

Boiled okra (Ohitashi) [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 2 people) ・1 bag of Okra (about 10 to 15 ea.) ・1 bag (3g) dried bonito flakes ・Ponzu sauce (soy sauce with citrus juice) to taste ・Ocean salt Directions Spr...

Akajiso Juice – Red Perilla juice [Cooking Recipe]
It’s the season for red perilla leaves. How do I eat them? Japanese people use it when they make umeboshi, pickled plum, and another popular recipe is to make juice from them. Akaj...

Maabou-Hechima [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 persons) ・1 Hechima ・1/2 Carrot ・1 Green pepper ・100g Ground meat ・1 Bag of fried eggplant in Chinese chili sauce Directions 1.Wash and peel the hechima and carr...

Mozukusu – mozuku seaweed in vinegar [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients To serve 4 50g mozuku seaweed 10g dried daikon, (切り干し大根 kiriboshidaikon) One cucumber sliced into discs. 3 tbs rice vinegar 3 tbs soy sauce 3 tsp mirin 1 1/2 tbs sugar ...

Nasudengaku – Sweet miso and eggplant [Cooking Recipe]
By Naoko Ogura-Gayler Ingredients To serve 4 3 eggplants 4 tbs miso paste 3 tbs water 2 tbs sugar 1 tbs mirin (sweet sake) 3 tbs vegetable oil Roasted sesame and scallion for garni...

Duruwakashi [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 2 people) ・3 small taimo ・30g pork ・15g fish paste ・2 slices of dried mushrooms ・100cc soup stock ・Salt to taste Directions Peel taimo and slice. Soak dry mushroom...

Muji (taimo stalk) soup [Cooking Recipe]
Ingredients (for 4 people) ・10 muji ・1/2 block shima doufu ・200 g pork ・1liter soup stock ・2 tbs miso Directions 1. Wash muji and remove the roots. (Use rubber gloves as muji irr...