Cold Soba is called Zaru Soba. Soba is Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour. Cold soba(chilled) is served with a dipping sauce or as a noodle soup in a hot broth. I cooked two recipes today. One is the Zaru soba and accompanied by crispy tofu soaked in bonito sauce. Ingredients(serves 2) 3 blocks tofu(…
Category: Tofu/Beancurd
Sichuan Spicy Tofu(Ma Po Dao Fu)
A healthy dish full of flavor can serve as a one dish meal accompanied with steam rice. Like this, it is already an adequate meal for a hungry stomach. It is originated in Sizchuan in the 19th century. Ingredients(Serves 4) 3 cakes bean curd(tofu) 1/2 leek 115g minced pork( or any meat you desire )…
Spicy Bean Sauce With Braised Tofu
This tofu is a healthy dish which is rich in protein and low in fat. I have this dish braised with spicy bean sauce, mushrooms and minced pork. Ingredients 2 Japanese beancurds, cut into 6 portions each 2 mushrooms soaked and diced 1 red chilli diced 1/2 cup minced pork Seasoning 1 tbsp oyster sauce…
Kimchi Stew
My family really enjoyed this dish I cooked. Yummy they said. I never doubted any kind of kimchi. They are so appetizing and refreshing. Another delightful recipe by Maangchi. Serves 4 Ingredients 200g pork belly, thinly sliced 4 or 5 cups chopped kimchi ( I bought a packet kimchi with the sauce ) 1 tbsp…
Quick Winter Tofu Soup
This winter we seemed to be craving for more soup dish. Hmm.. and as far as I can remember, we had soup almost every other day. It’s good to drink more fluid as during winter we don’t feel thirst and often because of that we neglect drinking water and hence we fall sick easily. This…
One Dish Braised Tofu With Pork
Sometimes after a hard day’s work, preparing a quick one dish meal is most appropriate. This Braised Tofu with Pork is easy and straightforward to cook. Goes well with steam rice. Ingredients 1 tofu ( Japanese beancurd preferably the tube ones,soft ) 1/4 cup sliced Shiitake mushrooms ( soaked and drained ) 1/4 cup minced…
Spicy Korean Tofu Soup
Yes the moment of truth is here! I can cook Korean. As I have mentioned before I am a fan of Korean Cuisine. I had Japanese food yesterday instead of Korean simply because there were no seats when we arrived at our favorite eatery. So we settled for Japanese food which is also our favorite….
Any Day Miso Soup
I bought a tub of soybean paste that comes with Dashi. It is a very simple soup to prepare and even on the tub has got the recipe quite similar to mine. So I just get on with it saving me some time. It may be a simple straight forward dish to cook but you…
Chinese Hot N’ Sour Soup
Today, one of my family members prefer something more appetizing than the usual daily meal so I put on my thinking cap and thought of cooking a soup dish with vinegar and spicy taste. Common ingredients are tofu, mushroom, pepper, cornflour, vinegar and some shredded meat. Serves 4 Ingredients 4-6 dried chinese mushrooms(shitake) soaked, I…
My Favorite Mee Rebus
I read this cookbook and was amazed to find the street hawker food recipes simple and adequate to serve as home cook food. I would recommend this Mee Rebus recipe as my family gave the thumbs up!. It is a noodle dish popular in Malaysia,Indonesia and Singagpore. It is made up of yellow noodle and…
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