2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
When talking about Japanese cuisine, everyone thinks of the perfectly prepared sushi, which is famous all over the world, or the traditional Japanese products and spices such as rice, noodles, soy sauce, tofu, sake, ginger, wasabi and others.
However, if we mention the vegetables that are prepared in Japan according to a variety of recipes, the list will be quite long. This is due to the fact that the Japanese highly value the gifts that nature gives them, and because of the observance of Buddhist beliefs about life, most Japanese people are vegetarians.
Although the homeland of the pumpkin is North America, it is also highly respected in Japan, and the Japanese Hokkaido pumpkin is considered one of the most delicious. It rarely reaches more than 2-3 kg, but has exceptional nutritional, healing and at the same time dietary properties. It is used to prepare a number of Japanese specialties, and even if cooked, pumpkin can be served with the famous tempura dish.
It is interesting to mention that in Japan, pumpkin is most often cooked together with atypical for us, Europeans, spices such as soy sauce and mirin. In this way, it acquires a completely exotic taste that has nothing to do with our boiled pumpkin.
Here's how you can cook a pumpkin in Japanese, and if you can't find a Hokkaido pumpkin, you can replace it with a regular round pumpkin:
Kabocha no nitsuke (boiled pumpkin in Japanese)
Necessary products: 1.5 kg pumpkin, 2 liters of Dashi broth (you will find it in the form of instant broth in specialized Asian stores), 6 tbsp. myrin, 2 tbsp. soy sauce, 175 g sugar
Method of preparation: The pumpkin is cut into pieces, but it is good to leave some peel on them, because it releases a special juice. The Dashi broth is dissolved and the pumpkin is boiled in it. After the liquid boils, the remaining ingredients are added to it.
The dish in which you put the pumpkin is covered with aluminum foil and simmered. The pumpkin prepared in this way is drained and served, and can be served both hot and cold.
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