Monday, December 10, 2007

recipe-ODEN (Japanese hot pot)

It is getting cold recently.Do you know how to cook

ODEN-Japanese one pot dish?It is popular specially in winter.


INGREDIENTS:


1/3 daikon radish
2 potatoes
2 carrots
4 boiled eggs
1 blocks of konnyaku (transparent yam starch cake)
2 blocks of fried tofu (ganmodoki or atsuage)
2-4 fish cakes
4-5 tbsps of soy sauce
1 tsp of sugar
2 tbsps of sake (Japanese rice wine)
*You may use oden seasoning sold at Asian stores instead of using sake, soysauce, and sugar.




PREPARATION:
Cut daikon into thick rounds. Cut potatoes in half. Peel boiled eggs. Cut other ingredients into large pieces. Boil 4 cups of dashi soup stock in a large pot or donabe pot.


(Konbu (kelp) dashi is known as vegetarian soup stock. Removed konbu is good to cook with vegetables. )

donabe pot











Add ingredients into the pot. Add sake, soy sauce, and sugar in the pot. Turn down the heat to low and simmer for 40-60 minutes. *The longer you cook oden, the better the taste. Add dashi soup stock and soy sauce as needed.


Let't try it with Soju.


by Yoshi

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