Basic concepts of Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine refers to cuisine based on traditional Japanese ingredients and cooking methods. It pays attention to the original flavor and taste of ingredients, emphasizing the deliciousness and health of food. Japanese cuisine usually includes cutting, roasting, boiling, steaming, frying and other ways to maintain the original flavor of ingredients, and it also pays great attention to details and beauty in modeling.
Characteristics of Japanese cuisine
1. Selection of ingredients: Japanese cuisine pays attention to the freshness and quality of ingredients. Commonly used ingredients are seafood, vegetables, tofu, rice and so on. These ingredients are all local specialties in Japan.
2. Various cooking methods: Japanese cuisine has many cooking methods, including cutting, roasting, boiling, steaming, frying, etc., to keep the original flavor of ingredients.
3. Light taste: Japanese food usually has a light taste and does not use too many seasonings to make the original flavor of the ingredients more prominent.
4. Exquisite modeling: Japanese cuisine pays great attention to detail and beauty, and usually uses fancy cutting and plate setting to make food look more exquisite.
Method of making Japanese food
Here are some common Japanese cooking methods.
sushi
Sushi is the most famous Japanese cuisine, the production process is very complicated, and it takes years of training to master it. The following are the basic methods of making sushi.
1. Prepare ingredients: The main ingredients of sushi include sushi rice, raw fish and seaweed.
2. Making sushi rice: After washing sushi rice, add appropriate amount of water and rice vinegar, stir well and leave it for a period of time.
3. Slice raw fish: Slice raw fish, the size should match sushi rice.
4. Wrap sushi: press sushi rice into an oval shape, put raw fish on it, and wrap it with seaweed.
5. Cut sushi: Cut the wrapped sushi into small pieces with a knife and put it on a plate.
Tempura
Tempura is a kind of fried food, and the production process is relatively simple. Here's how to make it.
1. Prepare ingredients: Tempura's main ingredients include vegetables and shrimp.
2. Make batter: mix flour, starch, eggs, water, etc. And stir evenly.
3. Deep-fried ingredients: Dip the ingredients in the batter and fry them in the oil pan until golden brown.
4. Remove the ingredients: Remove the fried ingredients with a colander and suck up the oil with a paper towel.
5. Serving: dish the fried ingredients and pour the sauce.