Saturday, May 14, 2011

Takikomi Gohan - Japanese rice dish with shiitake mushrooms and flower carrots

Making a meal from the land of the rising sun has never been so easy. You will impress others by making this amazing dish in just minutes! Feel free to change the topings and add more. This recipe is basic and you can make it with almost anything: chicken, seafood, vegetables, dashi... and the most wonderful thing is it cooks on its on, in the rice cooker!

Music by Grimskunk - Rhinocéros - Autumn Flowers Rerolled - Indica Records

Ingredients
1/4 cup shiitake mushrooms (113g or half a package)
1/2 cup snow peas
1 carrot sliced into flowers
1 cup sushi rice (calrose rice - short or medium grain rice - rizotto rice)
lemon peel
soy sauce
mirin
salt and pepper
green onion

If you don't know how to make carrots into flowers, you can refer to this tutorial:
platypusguitar.blogspot.com/bento-lunch-panda-onigiri-and-fish-egg.html




You can adjust the amount of the last 4 ingredients to your own liking. Enjoy!

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