Green Tea Tsukudani (Simmered Green Tea Leaves)
A Delicious Dish with Chagara Here’s a recipe that makes delicious use of used green tea leaves, used green tea leaves, known as chagara (茶殻) in Japanese.Chagara have been used in...
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Green Tea Tsukudani (Simmered Green Tea Leaves)
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