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Dried kombu Dried kombu sold in a Japanese supermarket. Konbu (from Japanese: 昆布, romanized: konbu or kombu) is edible kelp mostly from the family Laminariaceae and is widely eaten in East Asia. [1] It may also be referred to as dasima (Korean: 다시마) or haidai (simplified Chinese: 海带; traditional Chinese: 海帶; pinyin: Hǎidài).
In some parts of Asia, nori 海苔 (in Japan), zicai 紫菜 (in China), and gim 김 (in Korea), sheets of the dried red alga Porphyra are used in soups or to wrap sushi or onigiri. Japanese cuisine has common names for seven types of seaweed, and thus the term for seaweed in Japanese is used primarily in scientific applications, and not in ...
A common secondary product is toasted and flavored nori (ajitsuke-nori), in which a flavoring mixture (variable, but typically soy sauce, sugar, sake, mirin, and seasonings) is applied in combination with the toasting process. [19] Nori is also eaten by making it into a soy sauce-flavored paste, nori no tsukudani (海苔の佃煮).
A Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press is sharing her basic onigiri recipe. It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish, meat ...
A dish of tsukudani made from kombu seaweed. Tsukudani (佃煮) is thinly-sliced seafood, meat or seaweed that has been simmered in soy sauce and mirin. [1] As a flavorful accompaniment to plain rice, tsukudani is made salty enough to not go bad, allowing high osmotic pressure to preserve the ingredients from microbial spoilage similarly to other types of pickles. [2]
Gim (김, Korea), nori (海苔, Japan) and zicai (紫菜, China) are sheets of dried Porphyra used in soups, sushi or onigiri (rice balls). Gamet in the Philippines, from dried Pyropia, is also used as a flavoring ingredient for soups, salads and omelettes. [35]
Nigirizushi (握り寿司): Sushi with the ingredients on top of a block of rice. Makizushi ( 巻き寿司 ): Translated as "roll sushi". Seasoned rice and seafood or other ingredients are placed on a sheet of seaweed ( nori , dried laver) and rolled into a cylindrical shape, then sliced into smaller rounds.
Using wet hands, spread sushi rice across the nori sheet evenly, except for an inch at the top. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice. Step 4 ...