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Sunday, February 10, 2013

houtou miso-ful!

Start with the squash! Kombucha Squash--Japanese pumpkin
Squash Beautiful Squash

Making the Rice Dough for Dumplings; Shira-Tama!


Straining the miso in the Dashi broth--
after simmering with squash, carrots, fried tofu, and mushrooms



cooking the shira-tama, when floating they are done!


delicious soup is ready!

How to make the soup:

 Make Dashi broth (instant, or Kombu + Bonito Flakes, strained), add kombucha squash, carrots till soft. Then add shitake mushrooms, and fried tofu pieces (prepared).  Add in strained miso (shiro) to taste ...a few tablespoons.  Make shira-tama rice dumplings (rice flour and water, fragile gluey paste rolled into a ball with thumbprint flattening), boil till they float, bathe in cold water, and then include into soup. Warm, cozy and tasty. Squash was velvety, shira tama like soft down pillows, and broth like liquid gold. Thanks Naoko!
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