Tuesday, October 28, 2008

♯7 Tofu pickled in Miso

It tastes like cheese. Good for starter or as nibbles.

[ingredients]
1 Tofu (cotton type)
1kg Miso
50ml Mirin Sweet Cooking Rice Wine

[direction]
1. Wrap the Tofu with kitchen paper and drain well.
2. Mix the Miso and Mirin.
3. Put half the mixture into a container and place the wrapped Tofu on it. Cover it with the remaining mixture and let it stand over night.
4. Slice it and serve with Nori or herb leaves.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

♯6 Sweet vegetable soup

This soup really works when you are in bad condition. It will reach pancreas in 20 seconds.

[ingredients]
1 onion
1 carrot
1/8 pumpkin
1/8 cabbage
prepare the equal amout of each vegetable

[direction]
1. Chop all the vegetables finely.
2. Layer the onion, cabbage, pumpkin and carrot in a pan in this order. The order is important to ensure the energy of vegetables intermingle with each other.
3. Pour 2 liters of water into the pan and bring slowly to the boil.
4. Simmer for 30 minutes without skimming.
5. Strain through a sieve.