Sesame soup with Komatsuna 小松菜のごまスープ
 
 
Today’s Cooking Japanese Style is called Sesame Soup with Komatsuna or 小松菜のごまスープ in Japanese. This is a very delicious tasting soup and very easy to make. This can be made as a side dish or even a main dish for dinner if you prefer. I usually make this as a side dish for my family as goes great with any fish or meat main. Enjoy Let’s see what we need to make our Sesame Soup with Komatsuna.
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Recipe type: Appetizers, Soup
Cuisine: Japanese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch komatsuna
  • 1 thinly deep-fried tofu
  • 4㎝ kamaboko fish cake
  • 8 mochi rice cake
  • 4 cups dashi stock
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp mirin
  • 5-6 tbsp sesame paste
  • half grind sesame
  • yuzu zest
Instructions
  1. Boil the komatsuna in salted hot water, and drain and cut into 3㎝ lengths pieces, and squeeze to remove the excess water.
  2. Boil the deep fried tofu in hot water briefly, drain and cut into 8 pieces, and slice the fish cake into 4 pieces.
  3. Bake the rice cake until surface should be crispy and inside soft.
  4. Pour the dashi stock into a pot, and bring to the boil, add the soy sauce, mirin, and deep fried tofu and simmer over medium heat for 1 min, and add the sesame paste.
  5. Place the rice cake, komatsuna, and fish cake in a serving bowl, and pour the hot soup, garnish with half grind sesame and yuzu zest.
Notes
There you have it. Hope you enjoy this, until next time let’s cook together. 次回は一緒に作りましょう~^^/~~ PS: If you enjoy my Daily recipe subscribe to my RSS Feed and I also have available my first e-Book, which FREE to you for coming by and reading my Japanese CookingRecipes. Thank you..
Recipe by Cooking Japanese Style at http://www.cookingjapanesestyle.com/2010/02/20/sesame-soup-with-komatsuna/