Japanese side dishes series | おかず ②
Introducing some more ‘home made okazu (side dishes)’ for dinner. Thin pancakes with scallions (ネギのお好み焼き) Pancakes made with scallions – more or less scallions made into pancakes – which means, there are more leaks than the flour mixture. The Koreans also have a similar dish called ‘Pajun (Pajeon)’, loaded with vegetables, served with a spicy soy dipping sauce. We call it ‘Okonomiyaki’. Tender Boiled Chicken(若鶏の水煮・棒々鶏) Sometimes this is called ‘Hainanese Chicken’ (Singaporean food) which is a very tender chicken boiled with ginger, leaks and garlic. It is quite easy to prepare but difficult to perfect (for real tender chicken). Spicy Konyaku (ピリ辛コンニャク) It’s sort of like a jelly-like (rubbery) texture made from Konnyaku yam (potato). It is sold in a solid rectangular forms such as below, which I’ve simply sautéed the Konnyaku in sesame oil with dried red pepper , soy sauce and mirin. If you would like to know more about ‘Konnyaku’ here is good English page to browse. Thin seaweeds with dried herring(身欠きニシンと昆布の煮物) Konbu, seaweeds provides lot of umami . Umami is a …