nanakusagayu

Nanakusagayu means seven herb rice gruel. Nana means seven. This gruel is eaten on January 7 to avoid all illness throghout the year. Seven herbs are seri, nazuna, gogyo, hotokenoza, kabu, hakobe, suzuna (radish). I made also special thickened sauce based with dashi and scallope. It made finally by mixing kuzu flour or katakuriko(Japanese potate starch)



 

 seven herbs

 

      

 

 

Japanese radish salad

During New year holiday Seasons , we are apt to eat and to drink too much.
When you feel a stomach heavy, why don't you reset your digestion?
Japanese radish is said to be helped digestion from old days. I use japanese radish and radish also for the dressings.

 



 

Chirashi-Sushi

 

 

If the food osechi (boiled and seasoned of New Year dishes and sashimi)
 remain, how about change such a rice?

There is a lot shiitake, lotus root, food boiled and seasoned of the carrot and sashimi (raw fish)
and herring roe, delicious ingredients for New Year holidays, but is apt to just remain.
When I chop all finely in such a case and toss it in the rice which I do it and mixed with vinegar, it is in chirashi-sushi. 
Please try it; ...  Amazingly delicious!!!

*how to make vinegered rice
http://japanesehomecooking-okaasan.blogspot.jp/2011/10/norimaki-sushi-roll.html


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zoni

Zoni

Zoni is mochi(rice cake) in soup. Zoni is special New Year dish of mochi in vegetable soup.
The receipe of Zoni has variety of the districts. My style of  zoni in the northern part of Japan.
Ingredients are Mochi, Japanese radish, carot, raro, shiitake-brown mushroom, fis paste cake, and chiken with dashi based soup.

Happy New Year!!!!!

Osechi

 

 

Happy Holidays for everyone!!!
 

otsukimi dango

 

On the calendar, it is the harvest moon yesterday. We enjoy the beautiful moon　every year, but, unfortunately, the typhoon 17th  is going ashore Tokyo.
 Even though we can't see full moon today, but we want to imagine the beautiful moon with the eyes of the heart. Children made "otsukimi dango" means dumplings offered to the moon as always.
Pray for the peaceful calm days all over the world.