Japanese Cooking Ingredients

Daikon (Japanese radish)

This is a very nice, mild vegetable, used in many Japanese dishes.

Nori

Black Sesame

Uses;

  • on steamed rice
  • onigiri
  • spinach with soy
  • natto
  • tofu

Black sesame also comes in paste form, which is fantastic;

  • mix with vanilla ice cream to make sesame ice cream - WOW!!

White Sesame

Uses;

  • on pasta with a bit of butter
  • onigiri
  • udon
  • tofu
  • cucumber with soy
  • natto

Tofu

Tofu wrapped in a paper package is made in japan

have to boil it to sterilize it