Tag Archives: Japanese

Umeboshi

In today’s What’s This Food?!, host Daniel Delaney tackles the topic of Umeboshi, a pickled plum common in Japanese cuisine. This little morsel is packed with as much richness as astringency, and is commonly seen in bento boxes, as well … Continue reading

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Mochi

In today’s episode, Dan responds to a video request to learn about mochi, the Japanese pounded rice treat. He makes some from scratch and uses it to create the traditional sweet, Daifuku, or sweet red bean stuffed mochi.

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Azuki

In today’s episode of What’s This Food?!, Daniel Delaney learns about azuki, the small red bean that’s super popular in Japan, and makes a traditional sweet filling with it, an azuki bean paste.

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Yuca

In today’s episode of What’s This Food?!, Daniel Delaney covers yuca, also known as cassava or manioc, and uses the root as the base for a Japanese croquette, or tater tot, known as “korokke.”

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Nori

If you’ve ever had sushi before, you’ve probably encountered the dried seaweed paper that wraps it. Today, Daniel Delaney researches nori and makes easy peazy hand rolls with salmon and avocado!

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Burdock Root

When in the Japanese grocery store I stumbled upon this huge rat tail lookin’ thing called Burdock Root – so I bought some for today’s episode of What’s This Food?! It’s an interesting vegetable that goes really well pickled, which … Continue reading

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Lotus Root

Today we take a look at the water dwelling root of the lotus plant, and create a simple braised lotus root stir fry.

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Perilla

While in the grocery store I stumbled upon Perilla, which I learned is often called Shiso. Perilla is an herb in the mint family, and has tons of uses. In today’s WTF I cooked it up with some cucumbers, chillies, … Continue reading

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