Japanese

Kare Udon

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Filipino Style Recipe: Kare Udon is a popular curry soup dish inspired by Indian and Japanese cuisine. Generally the soup is made of udon noodles with thick curry flavoured broth.

Ingredients:
1 pack udon noodles
3 cups vegetable broth
250 grams beef tenderloin, cut into serving pieces
2 tablespoons oil
1 white onions, sliced
1 carrot, sliced
3 black fungus mushrooms(tengang daga), chopped
1/2 Chinese cabbage (baguio pechay), cut into pieces
2 cubes curry roux
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 hard-boiled egg, halves
1 stalk onion leeks, chopped

Procedures:
Part 1.
1. Cook noodles according to package instruction. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a pot, heat oil then stir fry beef until brown all sides. Set aside.
2. Saute onion, mushroom, carrot and curry powder. Pour a cup of vegetable soup then cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
3. Add curry roux and beef then stir cook until then meat is tender and the sauce thickens.
4. Add the rest of vegetable, broth and curry mixture. Simmer for a few minutes.
5. Prepare cooked udon noodles in a bowl then pour the curry soup.
6. Add hard boiled egg then garnish with green onions. Serve.

Smoked Salmon Nigiri

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Filipino Style Recipe: Smoked Salmon Nigiri is one of the most common type of sushi. Nigiri is consist of a piece of raw salmon layered on top of a small roll of rice.

Ingredients:
1 smoked salmon fillet, slice into serving pieces
Wasabi (spicy Japanese paste)

Rice:
Sushi Rice
sugar and salt
rice vinegar(optional)

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cook sushi rice with a little salt added.
2. Dissolve sugar into a rice vinegar.
3. When the rice has cooked, add the dissolved sugar and mix thoroughly. The rice will now become even more sticky and clumpy.
4. Let it cool and set aside.

Part 2
1. Moisten your hands with water, scoop 2 tablespoons of rice then roll and squeeze until it firm shape.
2. Grease one side of fish slice with small amount of wasabi.
3. Place on the rice with wasabi side on the rice.
4. Serve with dipping sauce.

California Maki

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Filipino Style Recipe: California Maki is the most common type of sushi. Sushi is generally made with either nori(seaweed sheets), rice and can be filled with any desire ingredients inside the roll.

Ingredients:
1 Nori sheet(Dried Seaweed Sheet)
6 crab sticks
1 large mango, sliced
1 small cucumber, sliced
Masago (Capelin roe)
Mayonnaise

Rice:
Sushi Rice
sugar and salt
rice vinegar(optional)

Sauce:
Soy Sauce
Wasabi

Utensils:
Bamboo rolling Mat
Sharp knife

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cook sushi rice with a little salt added.
2. Dissolve sugar into a rice vinegar.
3. When the rice has cooked, add the dissolved sugar and mix thoroughly. The rice will now become even more sticky and clumpy.
4. Let it cool and set aside.

Part 2
1. Wrap bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap, this is to prevent rice from sticking to the mat.
2. Place 1 sheet of nori into the bamboo rolling mat.
3. Cover the nori of rice about 5/6 of the way up, just enough to cover the nori.
4. Sprinkle with Masago evenly over the top of rice then flip facing down.
5. Add a row of fruit and meat on a small portion on one side of the sheet.
6. Add a little mayonnaise over the fillings to hold meat together.
7. Then roll the nori sheet. Add enough pressure on the bamboo mat to make sure sushi is firm. Don’t include the bamboo mat when you roll the nori sheet.

Part 3
1. Place the roll on a cutting board. Then slice 1-inch interval using a wet sharp knife.
2. Transfer into serving plate then serve with mayonnaise or dipping sauce.

Gyoza Dumplings

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Filipino Style Recipe: Gyoza Dumplings is a popular Asian dumplings originated in Japan. This dish is usually made from ground meat, cabbage and other vegetables wrapped in dumpling wrappers. Steamed and cooked for a few minutes then served with dipping sauce. This is commonly served as side dish together with Ramen or any noodle soup.

Estimated time of preparation: 30 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 10 minutes
Good for 20 dumplings

Ingredients:
4 cups cabbage, chopped into small pieces
250 grams ground pork
2 tablespoons green onions, chopped
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
salt and ground white pepper to taste
ground white pepper

gyoza or dumpling wrappers

Dipping Sauce:
2/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon chopped green onions
1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large bowl, combine cabbage and 1/2 teaspoon salt then let sit for 10 minutes.
2. Squeeze the cabbage firmly to discard excess water.
3. In a large bowl, combine cabbage, ground pork, green onions, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and ground white pepper then mix evenly with your hand.

Part 2
1. Scoop a spoonful of mixture then place in the center of wrapper.
2. Moisten the entire edge of wrapper with water then fold in half.
3. Seal and crimp the edges then press against bottom into sheet pan.
4. Repeat the procedures to remaining mixture.

Part 3
1. In a pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil then arrange dumplings in it flat side facing down.
2. Cook the bottom for a few minutes until light browned.
3. Slowly pour hot water until half submerged. Cover and cook until the water has evaporated.
4. Transfer the gyoza into plate then serve with dipping sauce.

Kakiage Tempura

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Filipino Style Recipe: Kakiage tempura is another popular Japanese dish made of deep fried battered vegetables. Normally the vegetables peeled and cut into strips then dip into the batter to coat. Deep fried until golden brown then serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Estimated time of preparation: 20-30 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 5-10 minutes
Good for 5-6 fritters

Ingredients:
2 medium carrots
2 pieces sweet potato
2 large white onions
2 green capsicum
cooking oil for deep frying

Batter:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons baking powder or cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups iced water

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Cut into vegetables into strips, 3-4 inches long.
1. Combine all vegetables and mix well. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt then mix well.
2. In a separate bowl, mix egg yolk and iced water then pour into flour mixture.
3. Stir slightly and leave some flour unmixed. Add some ice to keep the batter icy cold.
4. Add vegetables and combine well into the batter.

Part 3
1. In a frying pan, heat enough oil then take a scoop of vegetable mixture using wire mesh strainer.
2. Deep fry for 5 minutes or until crisp and golden brown. Repeat until all the mixture are consumed.
3. Drain on paper towels then serve with dipping sauce.

Shrimp Tempura

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Filipino Style Recipe: Shrimp tempura is another popular Japanese dish made of deep fried battered shrimps. Normally the shrimps peeled but keep the tails intact then dip into the batter to coat. Deep fried until golden brown then serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Estimated time of preparation: 30-40 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 2 minutes

Ingredients:
10 pieces large-sized shrimps
cooking oil for deep frying

Batter:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons baking powder or cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg yolk
1 cup iced water

Procedures:
Part 1
1. Clean the shrimps, remove the head and peel the shell. Keep the tails intact.
2. Fold the tail then cut the tip diagonally to form a “V” shape.
3. Devein the back of shrimps and make a couple of slit underside.
4. Arrange and straighten the shrimps in a flat surface then sprinkle with baking powder. Set aside.

Part 2
1. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt then mix well.
2. In a separate bowl, mix egg yolk and iced water then pour into flour mixture.
3. Stir slightly and leave some flour unmixed. Add some ice to keep the batter icy cold.
4. Dip the shrimp one at a time into the batter to coat. Do not coat the tails.

Part 3
1. In a frying pan, heat enough oil then deep fry shrimps for 1-2 minutes or until golden brown.
2. Drain on paper towels then serve with dipping sauce.

Pork Katsudon

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Filipino Style Recipe: pork katsudon is another popular Japanese dish made of deep fried pork cutlet(pork tonkatsu), egg and katsudon sauce. Katsudon is a combination of Japanese word “tonkatsu” which means pork cutlet and “donburi” means rice bowl. This is one of the best seller dish in every Japanese restaurant.

Estimated time of preparation: 3 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 5 minutes(plus tonkatsu cooking)
Good for 1 serving

Ingredients:
1 pork tonkatsu(recipe)
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 white onion, sliced
1 egg, beaten
1 cup steamed rice

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, combine onion, soy sauce, brown sugar and water then bring to boil.
2. Add pork tonkatsu then pour over the beaten egg. Cover and simmer until the sauce absorb and the egg is cook.
3. In a serving bowl, put hot steamed rice then place over the pork tonkatsu and egg. Spinkle with spring onion then serve immediately.