Eating wakame can be paired with fish, shellfish and fruits, so don't forget to add fish and shellfish when enjoying the flavor of wakame. Fruits are also good partners.

Eating method one, cold wakame

Wakame is especially suitable for cold, in the do need to prepare three hundred grams of wakame and the right amount of soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and salt, but also to prepare a moderate amount of monosodium glutamate (MSG), to prepare wakame after washing with boiling water and blanch removed after the cold water cooled down after removing the drained water, cut into shreds, and then add the prepared wakame. Cut into julienne, and then add the prepared seasonings to mix well.

Eating method two, miso soup

Speaking of wakame, we have to say that we usually go to eat Japanese food bowl of miso soup, miso soup is the reason why the flavor is unique, in addition to miso sauce, wakame is also very important.

The practice is also very simple, go directly to the market to buy miso packets, kapok tofu, wakame, broth (fish soup is the best), green onions, red and white radish. Dice the tofu, cut the kelp into small slices, finely slice the radish, then put it in a casserole dish with water and stock to cook. Combine the miso, sugar, salt and chicken seasoning in a small bowl and mix well with a spoon. Remove from the heat, then add the seasoned miso mixture and stir to combine. Serve in bowls and sprinkle with a little chopped green onion to serve.

Eat three, wakame and tofu soup

Wakame and tofu or a pair of ideal partner, the two can be paired with a soup to drink, in doing so, we should be ready to wash the wakame and cut into cubes, tofu cut into cubes, soaked in salted water for half an hour with the processed wakame into the pot, add the right amount of water and miso and then put a few salt. A small amount of salt to boil together, and then cook for fifteen minutes, out of the pot before adding a small amount of sesame oil to enhance the flavor can be.

Related Notes

Wakame is not only a kind of edible economic brown algae, but also can be used as a comprehensive utilization of raw materials to extract fucoidan.

The Japanese have been consuming seaweed since B.C.E. This is amply confirmed by the excavation of shell mound remains that have been unearthed. In addition, Wakame Shrine in Kitakyushu City and Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki City, across the river from Kitakyushu City, still maintain the tradition of holding a ceremony for harvesting wakame early in the morning on the day of the Lunar New Year, in which the head priest of the shrine steps out into the sea to perform a ceremony for harvesting wakame, and enshrines the harvested wakame in front of the shrine to announce the beginning of the harvesting season of the wakame.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Wakame