Kabocha no nitsuke, and a new Japanese food : wheat natto (via Gourmande in Osaka)

Kabocha, the Japanese pumpkin. The Japanese pumpkins In "nitsuke" (flavored simmering, with bonito fish flakes, soy sauce and mirin). This means "wheat natto". As you know -or not- natto is cooked soy beans, that are then fermented with a bacteria called "nattokin". So what ? Natto made of wheat ? They precise 75% soy beans and 25 % wheat. That looks like that : As you see, it's even more natto-chewing-gumish than the standard… With the sauce a … Read More