Inari-zushi are sushi in little pockets like this (click). I wanted to make a variation , inari soba, with soba noodles instead of rice but I made a technical mistake, so the taste is here, delicious, but the shape, not at all… The second dish is a seaweed and veggie soup.
Abura-age (fried tofu) simmered in a broth of soy sauce, paprika, with a little chili and garlic.
MY MISTAKE : I forgot to open the pockets before simmering. And later, that was… impossible without tearing all apart.
I have made kujo negi into threads :
I’ve salted slightly and mixed with fresh soba buckwheat noodles (boiled 1 minute, then cooled in iced water, drained).
So I’ve placed the noodles on top of the pockets. The project was to fill them.
Fresh edamame from kuromame (black soy beans)
You need to cook them. It’s possible to rub the pods with salt and boil them that way, or to open as I did.
Inspired from a Chinese soup. I’ve cooked green and black edamame, dices of kabocha pumpkin and slices of okra. I’ve added sea salt and mozuku seaweed to the cooled broth. A few slices of sudachi lime bring fruity acidity.
Mixed baby leaves, plus mitsuba and cherry tomatoes.
My lunch !
GOURMANDE in OSAKA 