I make this dish every summer when my garden produces a crazy amount of cucumbers. Ingredients: Method: You can serve it immediately or refrigerate for 30 minutes for a fuller flavuor. Enjoy your meal! Related Item SAORI Goma (Sesame) Japanese Sauce SAORI’s small group cooking classes in Upwey, Vic (max 6) ↓ About SAORI…
Ponzu Lemongrass Beef Bowl Recipe
Inspired by Vietnamese lemongrass beef, this dish offers a Japanese-flavoured twist with SAORI Ponzu Sauce. For a truly delightful meal, serve it over cooked rice with a refreshing salad. Introduction: I was given a bunch of lemongrass from one of my customers, so I’ve been cooking a variety of dishes with it. This particular dish…
Umami Miso Teriyaki Chicken Recipe (with vegan option)
One of our customers asked me how to make miso teriyaki beef steaks. I normally use SAORI Tsuyu Sauce + miso paste and brown sugar to make miso teriyaki sauce. Yesterday, I made SAORI Sapporo Miso Ramen Broth Base and had some left over paste so I decided to try making miso teriyaki with this…
Dashi Khao Soi Noodle (North Thai style curry noodle ) Recipe – with vegan option
When I travel in northern Thailand, Khao Soi is one of my favourite Thai dishes . I discovered an amazing Khao Soi Noodle shop in middle of nowhere in Nan provence on my last trip. We became friends. We did Thai and Japanese cooking together at her restaurant after business hours. Anyway, I miss Khao…
Thai Omelette (Khay Jiao) Recipe – vegetarian, gluten free
Thai omelette, Kahy Jiao, is one of my favourite breakfast/lunch meals when I travel in Thailand. Normally this dish is served with chillied fish sauce but I decided to make it vegetarian…and it tastes even better! People who are not fans of fish sauce can enjoy it too. I love traveling in the country side…
Tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes) Recipe – with vegan option
Our 16 year old son LOVES cooking so I decided to use a recipe created by him. He had to cook these Korean rice cakes, tteokbokki outside (and just before my cooking class) because he woke up late so he was not allowed to use my clean kitchen! For the vegan option, skip fish cakes…
Camping & dumpling party at friend’s farm
As I discussed last time, when I have free time… I COOK! My job is to cook and my hobby to cook. (read ⇒this is what I do I am not working) Last month, I was invited to a friends beautiful real free range egg farm, “Willow Zen” to go camping on their farm. Japanese…
This is what I do when I am not working
Hi. I haven’t updated my facebook, instagram, blog or email newsletter for a month. WHY? My husband and I worked crazy hours before the annual Herb and Chilli Festival in March. We had an amazing time at the festival ( massive thanks for those who supported us), so we had to make more of our…
Vietnamese water spinach & tofu garlic stir-fry recipe (vegan friendly & gluten free option)
I have been planting Vietnamese water spinach EVERYWHERE in my garden and finally they are…EVERYWHERE! Since I first visited Vietnam 20 years ago, I have been in love with this vegetable. You can find it in Asian Grocery Stores. Normally, you will find that Vietnamese recipes using water spinach have fish sauce in the recipe.To…
Garlic & Ponzu Japanese pesto sauce recipe for sashimi
I have been enjoying my home grown garlic for the last three months. I especially LOVE raw garlic when it is super fresh. SO…I have been having heaps of fun creating recipes using garlic and today’s recipe is one of them. This sauce is so gooood that I had to share it with my Japanese…
Gado Gado style steamed vegetables with umami ponzu peanut sauce recipe (vegetarian)
Gado Gado is a traditional Indonesian salad with a creamy peanut sauce. I like to personalise my cooking so I made the peanut sauce using my SAORI Ponzu Sauce and SAORI Japanese Rayu Chilli. It’s a fantastic side dish for this Festive Christmas season because it is super easy to make, super delicious AND super…
Two quick spring tofu recipes (vegan friendly/gluten free option)
At markets, many people ask me “Do you have any good tofu recipes?” so today, I am sharing two tofu recipes using beautiful seasonal vegetables. They both use SAORI TSUYU Sauce but they are totally different flavoures. Spring Tofu Recipe 1 – smashed silken tofu with beautiful spring greens (syungiku shiroae) recipe 【ingredients – serves…
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