These Dumplings are really easy to make, and I add them to Rice Soup, Miso Soup, soy sauce flavoured Clear Soup and Nabe (Hot Pot) dishes. Because my children love them so much, I think I should write down how to make them, so that they can one day make…
For a long time I wanted to cook Steamed Prawn Dumplings but I never tried because I believed that I could not get the ingredients. On the other day I received a request for the recipe, then I did a little bit of research. I discovered that the wrappers can…
Nearly 30 years ago, when I visited Alabama in the US, I fell in love with a dish called ‘Chicken & Dumplings’. I have been cooking it since then, and my ‘Chicken & Dumplings’ has developed into this Japanese take. I use Glutenous Rice Flour (or ‘Shiratamako’) as well as…
It was before our first child was born. My husband and I tried to make this dessert for the first time. We ended up by burning the dumplings. We tried again and again, but we always burned the dumplings. Now I know that we were doing OK but the recipe…
These dumplings are almost identical to my ‘Daifuku Mochi’, but they are made in a totally different way. This time, I used ‘Azuki’ Red Bean Paste for the filling, but Custard is also recommended. The sweet pastes that can be made from Canned Butter Beans are also very nice. The…
A great summery recipe I’ve found in the August issue 2014 of “オレンジページCooking”. The magazine I bought in April in the Japanese bookstore Yamashina in Berlin. This dish is called Suika Shiratama, which translated means watermelon rice flour dumplings. Because we do not like to eat warm meals on hot days,…
Tofu Daisies adapted from: The Japanese Kitchen•250 Recipes in a Traditional Spirit•by Hiroko Shimbopage 188 INGREDIENTS: 1 boneless skinless chicken breast (about 7 ounces) ½ teaspoon salt 1 block firm tofu, (14 ounces) 1½ teaspoons usukuchi shoyu (light colored soy sauce), or regular shoyu 2 Tablespoons thin scallion disks, white…
