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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
2016.10.25
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...
2016.10.17
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...
2016.10.11
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 ...
2016.10.03
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 ...
2016.09.26
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...
2016.09.19
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...
2016.09.12
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...
2016.09.05
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...
2016.08.29
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...
2016.08.22
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...
2016.08.08
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...
2016.07.31
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...
2016.07.25
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...
2016.07.17
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...
2016.07.10
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...
2016.06.26
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...
2016.06.19
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 ...
2016.06.05
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...
2016.05.31
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...
2016.05.23
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...
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