Japanese Rice Mix

Takikomi gohan is a wonderful and comforting japanese mixed rice recipe made with seasonal ingredients.

Japanese rice mix. Lisa is a full time illustrator and part time doodler who was born and raised in japan and is currently working in los angeles focusing on food and lifestyle illustrations. The name literally means sprinkled over and its concentrated umami rich flavor makes it well suited for topping much more than rice. Lastly you can serve it cold wrap it in nori or grill it. Total water liquid required volume of short grain rice x 1 2 volume of sticky rice x 0 8.

Japanese sticky rice is called mochi gome. This is because it doesn t require any special ingredients and you can create it with things you probably already have in your kitchen. This recipe is also gluten free. You can buy sticky rice at japanese asian grocery stores.

Mix 80ml of sushi vinegar or about 12 of the total cooked rice weight with the rice. Furikake is a beloved japanese condiment that s traditionally sprinkled on top of cooked rice to season it. All drawings by lisa kogawa. See the photo below rice with umeboshi 梅干し the pickled plum in the top right of the ricebowl takuan 沢庵 pickled radish yellow and tarako furikake ふりかけ cod roe flavoured rice seasoning.

Discover these ten japanese rice bowls with delicious toppings and mix ins. To get the best flavour the vinegar needs to be folded into the rice while it is still warm. The name of this rice dish comes from the vessel you use to cook it an iron pot kama. One of the easiest ways to include more vegetables in your diet is to add vegetables in your rice.

You can cook the rice plain or with a variety. One of them is the maze gohan which mixes rice and various ingredients fitting each of the four japanese seasons. Takikomi gohan is a japanese rice dish cooked with soy sauce dashi stock and various ingredients such as mushrooms vegetables and meats. In a country with a rice eating culture like japan you will naturally find a lot of ways to eat rice.

You can also mix rice with wakame seaweed or with a more hearty filling of fried chicken tuna shrimp or fermented foods like umeboshi. In this recipe i have included typical condiments which japanese people eat with rice to give it flavour. To make sushi rice the cooked rice needs to be mixed with sushi vinegar which is japanese rice vinegar mixed with salt and sugar. Japanese fried rice known as yakimeshi in japan is such a flavourful and delicious recipe that is super easy to make.