Dashi is one of the most important ingredient for Japanese cuisine. The taste of Japanese food heavily depends on this. So we will introduce proper Dashi recipe here and would like you to use this for our Dried Konyaku recipes!
Please also have look at the blog about Dashi.
Recipe by Tsuyoshi @ ex-Otabe Kafe
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 25 mins
5 mins
25 mins
30 mins
Ingredients
Ingredients
2L of Filtered water
2 pieces (approx10g) of Dried Shiitake
10-15g of Dried Kombu seaweed
Directions
Steps
1Soak dried shiitake and kombu in filtered water over night
2Place all in a saucepan and bring it just before boiling
3Simmer (not boiling) for 20 min
4Remove Shiitake and Kombu. That clear soup is the Dashi
Tips
1. Never boil kombu seaweed to keep the “umami flavour”
2. Can be frozen after it cools down for future use
3. Chop the leftover shiitake and kombu, cook / use them in stir fried rice etc