Sylke’s home cookingFeb 28, 2025
Does anyone here know the anime Golden Kamuy? It’s set in Hokkaido after the Japanese Russian war and as part of the story introduces us to the traditions of the indigenous people, the Ainu. The main character, a twelve-year-old girl named Asirpa, has never had Miso before and continuously calls it Osoma (poop 🤣). She refuses to try it for the longest time but does love it when she finally succumbs. Ever since we heard the word Osoma, we are using that name too, so today we had lovely Nasu Osoma, poop aubergines… 😅 (Just for the record, they were not burned, the red miso was very dark to start off with and was happily bubbling when I got the aubergines out of the oven.)

For the rice I used a pack of Sakura & Mountain Vegetable Mix from kokorocares.com. That tasted nice too. There was also some Kimchi from a tin.

Recipe used:
https://pickledplum.com/nasu-dengaku-recipe/print/41205/

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Nasu Dengaku - Miso Glazed Eggplant

Make this traditional Japanese Nasu Dengaku recipe (broiled eggplant with miso glaze) in less than 15 minutes from start to finish!

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 27, 2025
I wanted to cook aubergines today but somehow I tricked myself, there were none in the fridge even though I was sure that I had bought them. 🤔 However I had sardines in sesame sauce (yum, all the way from Japan via kokorocares.com), king oyster mushrooms and Pak Choi, so there were possibilities.

I decided to do something similar to the aubergine dish with the mushrooms, I halved and fried them and then put a miso glaze and Shichimi Togarashi on top and grilled them in the oven - I thought they were very good. The Pak Choi got blanched and served with a leftover portion of the aromatic sauce that I like so much.

In addition I dug out another product I had in the cupboard (also from kokorocares.com), a black vinegar paste that we used as rice seasoning and my husband was really happy with that one.

🥢 Golden sesame marinated sardines
🥢 Mushrooms with miso glaze
🥢 Pak Choi with aromatic sauce
🥢 Rice with black vinegar (kurozu) paste (as furikake)
🥢 Miso soup

Recipes used:
https://pickledplum.com/nasu-dengaku-recipe/print/41205/ (for inspiration only)
https://www.copymethat.com/r/q0ym1vclwi/aromatic-sauce-for-vegetables/

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Nasu Dengaku - Miso Glazed Eggplant

Make this traditional Japanese Nasu Dengaku recipe (broiled eggplant with miso glaze) in less than 15 minutes from start to finish!

Pickled Plum
Sylke’s home cookingFeb 26, 2025
Japanese Pasta Napolitan again. Definitely one to come back to regularly.

Recipe used:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/ketchup-spaghetti-recipe/

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Napolitan (Japanese Ketchup Spaghetti) ナポリタン

Need a family meal ready in 30 minutes? Try this easy Japanese ketchup spaghetti (Napolitan) recipe with bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic, and sausage.

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 25, 2025
Everyday is a good day for fried rice. We tried a Thai version and it is very nice.

Recipe used:
https://pickledplum.com/thai-fried-rice/

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Thai Fried Rice

Savory, smoky & pungent flavors + packed with aromatics that are reminiscent of Thai street food, this is the best Thai fried rice recipe!

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 24, 2025
We tried out a Wafu pasta dish from the Kokorocares.com website today. (Wafu pasta is western style pasta with a Japanese style sauce.)

I made a few little changes, I replaced the zucchini with languishing kohlrabi and May turnip from my fridge, added more olive oil to create a proper emulsion with the pasta water, and at the end also added a dollop of Spicy Chili Shiitake Miso to the sauce that already had plenty of “mushroom broth tea”powder in it.

It was all full of umami and we really loved it. My son also simply loves the pasta Mondays (that are really Meatless Mondays) ☺️

Recipe used:
https://kokorocares.com/blogs/recipes/recipe-savory-shiitake-and-zucchini-vegan-pasta

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RECIPE: Savory Shiitake and Zucchini Vegan Pasta

This simple pasta dish combines tender slices of zucchini with the smoky savory notes of shiitake mushrooms, the richness of olive oil, and the slight saltiness of vegan parmesan “cheese”. Servings: 2 Ingredients: 1 medium zucchini 3 cloves garlic (peeled) 1 level tsp + extra pinch Shiitake Mushroom Broth Tea* Olive oi

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 23, 2025
After this morning’s trip to the polling station 🗳️, it was time to revisit this recipe from The Woks of Life: Chinese Pork and Pepper Stir-Fry. We had this dish before but it seems I never posted about it which is very strange as it’s fast and very delicious.

While the rice was doing it’s thing on the “Yumami” setting of the rice cooker, I cut a nice 300 g piece of pork shoulder into small pieces which were then tenderised (or velveted) with cornstarch and some seasonings.

I used a mix of Green chillies and green peppers as things get too hot for me otherwise.

All of this was stir-fried in the wok by my husband and came out perfectly.

I also made some lotus root crisps.

Recipes used:
https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-pepper-stir-fry/
(We doubled up the amounts of everything apart from the meat.)
https://www.copymethat.com/r/kBMO4nxqO/fried-lotus-root/

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Pork and Pepper Stir-fry (辣椒小炒肉)

This pork and pepper stir-fry recipe is a quick dish to put together with any cut of pork shoulder or pork loin (or even an odd pork chop).

The Woks of Life
Sylke’s view on the outsideFeb 21, 2025
This morning I was happy with the weather as it warmed up considerably, so I thought I could go for a little cycle through the woods. Unfortunately I chose the muddiest path there was… 😅

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 21, 2025
Lovely Friday food, Japanese style.

🥢 Blanched Pak Choi with an aromatic sauce and sesame seeds
🥢 Savoy cabbage baked in the oven with dashi, soy sauce and a miso glaze
🥢 Fried tofu (with either tonkatsu sauce or Shiitake and Kabosu Citrus Ponzu)
🥢 Rice (cooked in vegetable stock) with chirimen (tiny fish) and sesame seeds as furikake
🥢 Miso soup

And then there was a dessert:

🥢 Mochi Mochi Chewy Sesame Pudding 🥰 with syrup and roasted soybean flour

We‘ve had these before and I just had to get them again all the way from Japan (via KokoroCares.com), so, so good!

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 20, 2025
Bitter melon take #2. We had an Okinawan Chanpuru, a bitter melon stir-fry with tofu, sliced pork belly and egg (loads of protein 😅). Soy sauce and dashi are used for seasoning in this recipe.

I have to admit that while bitter melon is not my enemy, it’s also not my new best friend. As it’s hard to get for me anyway that’s perfectly fine. But if someone would cook it for me I’d eat it. Maybe another way of preparing this would change things somewhat.

Knowing all of that, I had opted for bacon instead of more neutral tasting pork belly and was happy that I had just one bitter melon left (instead of the 1.5 needed per the recipe). We had this dish with rice and (unlike last time) didn’t need any additional seasoning to make it better.

Recipe used:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/goya-champuru/

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Sylke’s home cookingFeb 19, 2025
We hardly had any Brussels sprouts so far this winter. Therefore a Brussels sprouts curry was a nice interjection into our mainly East Asian dominated meal plan. Not even soy sauce was snuck into this 😆 as it was yummy as it comes.

https://www.copymethat.com/r/Jov9drR7K/curry-with-brussels-sprouts/

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Curry with Brussels Sprouts

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