Japanese Christmas Cake

Now that you have had something for your heart what about something for your tummy ~ Yet another Japanese Christmas Cake ~ delish !

Hand-rolled sushi

In present-day Japan, this dish is often eaten at parties. Sushi rice is put on dried seaweed sheets ("nori") with shrimp, cucumber, sweet omelettes ("tamago-yaki") and other fillings, then rolled up.

Sukiyaki: Japanese Beef Hot Pot

Sukiyaki (すき焼き) is one of the most popular dishes in Japan. It is a kind of fondue (food dipped into pot) prepared in a single container or sukiyaki-nabe (Japanese hot pot) and placed in the middle of the table. Being so convivial dish, it is usually served in winter and during family meals.

Thin slices of beef are mainly used in the preparation of sukiyaki although they may be replaced by other types of meat such as chicken or pork. Other ingredients are often recurring forexample vegetables such as Chinese cabbage or shungiku (chrysanthemum leaf) but also tofu, negi (a type of scallion), shiitake mushrooms and noodles or shirataki enokitake. Sometimes, soba or buckwheat noodles are added at the end to absorb the broth.

Karaage: Japanese for Fried Chicken

Deep frying is a cooking method in which the food is in pre-heated deep oil or clarified fat.

It is popular in many countries because it does not make food excessively greasy.

 Karaage is Japanese cooking technique in which the food (meat or fish) are deep fried in oil. Small pieces of the food are marinated in a mix of soy sauce, garlic or ginger, then coated with a seasoned wheat flour or potato starch mix until it become crispy with gold color.