What is Kinako and How to Enjoy It
What is kinako? Kinako is a yellow flour made by grinding roasted soy beans used in Japanese cuisine for many years. Kinako, it is said, was loved by the aristocrats...
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What is Kinako and How to Enjoy It
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Tea Flavored Kohakuto (琥珀糖, Japanese Traditional Candy) Recipe
Kohakuto (琥珀糖) literally means amber sugar. It is a Japanese traditional candy, and has been made for about 400 years since the early Edo Period. It is good for tea...
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Recipe for Matcha Buns
This recipe and photo come from Eva Pärtel. She loves to experiment with matcha at her bakery in Tallinn, Estonia, and has also written several cookbooks. Follow her for more recipes at https://www.instagram.com/perenaise.pagariari/...
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Recipe for Frozen Kurogoma Kinako Latte (フローズン黒ごまきなこラテ)
I will show you a frozen drink this time. It's frozen Kurogoma Kinako Latte! This desert drink is creamy, nutty, sweet and savory !! I would like you to try...
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Seasonal Ume (梅,Japanese Plum) Preserving
Every year in early June, a special area opens in stores. It has piles of big jars, big sieves, big box of liqueurs, a large number of bags of sugar,...
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Recipe for Matcha An Butter (抹茶あんバター)
This recipe explains how to make matcha an butter, a matcha flavored buttery bean paste that can be used as a spread on toast etc
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Asazuke (浅漬け, Light-Pickled Vegetables) Recipe
Have you had a Japanese meal called Teishoku (定食) in a Japanese restaurant? Teishoku means a set meal. It usually has a main dish, rice, miso soup and side dishes. You usually...
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Yomogi(よもぎ) -Japanese Mugwort , How to Make Yomogi Mochi
What I found in the mountains As I showed you in the previous article How to Forage and Cook Sansai (山菜) in Spring in Japan, I went to the mountains...
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Tea Marinated Pork - Hojicha Roast Pork Recipe -
What is Hojicha? Hojicha is a type of Japanese green tea. 焙じ茶(Hoji-cha), Hoji means roasting and Cha means tea, so it is roasted green tea. As it is roasted, the leaves...
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Matcha White Brownie Recipe
Have you had any matcha sweets? Have you made them by yourself? What I love about matcha sweets is I can enjoy a nice flavor of matcha and also enjoy sweet...
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Eat and Taste Sakura Blossoms! - Sakura Biscuits Recipe -
After the cold winter, a nice season has started here in Japan. It is getting warm and having a nice breeze while day time is also getting longer. Sakura(cherry blossoms)...
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How to Enjoy Anko, Japanese Sweet Bean Paste
Have you seen these ones? These are called dorayaki, a sweet, traditional Japanese snack made with a reddish brown paste sandwiched between two soft pancakes. This paste is called "anko" 餡子 or "an" 餡...
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Hojicha Roll Cake Recipe
Can you see what this is? This is Hojicha powder. Hojicha powder is finely ground Hojicha leaves. It is superfine and smooth like Matcha. You can make a cup of...
