Sunday, December 20, 2009

Furikake

Furikake

Furikake is Japanese food seasoning in the form of grain, flour, or fibrous like abon. This seasoning sprinkled over rice and eaten as a side dish. Furikake not made as to eat, but made at once in large quantities and eaten a little bit later on. Food producers now make Furikake in a variety of flavors and attractive packaging.

Similar seasoning Furikake called Chazuke (Chazuke no moto) sprinkled over the rice and doused with hot water or hot green tea to make Chazuke. When making onigiri, rice is sprinkled Furikake stirred it before formed by a fist.
All the items you want to make Furikake destroyed until smooth and slightly flavored. Once dried, the other content (such as nori, sesame seeds, or dried vegetables) are added to the Furikake for seasoning. Furikake fresh (Furikake name) is a variation of Furikake not dried. All the ingredients are mixed and stirred only be one. The material is for fresh Furikake anchovy, katsuobushi shavings, small pieces of seaweed, kombu, abon fish or other seafood.