Kurumi-dofu | Our Regional Cuisines
RECIPE
Ingredients (10 servings)
- Peeled walnut 100g
- Yoshino Kudzu (Arrowroot) starch 100g
- Sugar 100g
- Salt 1/2 tsp.
- Water 900cc (1000cc in winter)
- [Sauce]Miso 100g
- [Sauce]Sugar 1 tbsp.
- [Sauce]Ginger juice 1~2 tbsp.
- [Sauce]Sake 1 tbsp.
- [Sauce]Water As needed
How to cook
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1. Crush walnuts in a mortar well until it becomes smooth. Add water and crush further, then strain.
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2. Put 1, Yoshino kudzu starch and sugar into a pan and stir well. Heat it once kudzu dissolved.
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3. Heat 10 minutes with medium heat while keep stirring. Weaken heat once it becomes thick, then keep stirring until it gets shiny. (about 20 minutes) Add salt 2~3 minutes before stopping heating and stir well.
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4. Put into a wet container to cool. It takes 4~5 hours in room temperature to set. Take it out from the container, and slice like sashimi, then place on a plate with julienne cut daikon radish as garnish.
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5. To make sauce, grind miso in a mortar, then add sugar, ginger juice and sake and mix well. Add water to dilute the thickness of sauce, then add to "kurumi-dofu".
provider : "Iwate Prefecture Food Artisan" Eiko Sasaki
Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact
Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Tel:+81-3-3502-5516