Atsuage no mori: fried tofu stuffed with shimeji mushrooms

re: Stuffed atsuage: fried tofu with shimeji mushrooms

Srivalli — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:13:57 GMT

Hi...it looks lovely...very nice decoration..

srivalli

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re: Stuffed atsuage: fried tofu with shimeji mushrooms

Suganya — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:15:06 GMT

That looks like an elegant center piece :) I have seen dishes like this with puff pastry, not with tofu tho. Thanks for the Japanese tofu garden :)

re: Atsuage no mori: fried tofu stuffed with shimeji mushrooms

Steamy Kitchen — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:46:43 GMT

beautiful! i love the artistic touch.

BTW, need your help....do you have a good, authentic, kick-ass Ramen soup recipe? I don't mean the recipes I can find in just any Japanese cookbook written by a foreigner or an easy-recipe; but I am looking for the authentic version.

re: Atsuage no mori: fried tofu stuffed with shimeji mushrooms

jason — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:34:28 GMT

Thanks, everyone, you're all too kind.

Jaden,

Wow, ramen is a bit out of my league (you'll notice the distinct lack of meat and bones in my cooking)... I might be able to translate something from cookpad, but even my better Japanese cookbooks don't really cover raamen, as it's distinctly the kind of food that people go out for, rather than make at home.

On cookpad.com, most of the recipes I find are just ways to throw together instant ramen in interesting ways.

However, there are a few sites, like this one:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/takatan/ramen/tukuro/tukuro.htm

That seem to have a little more detail about soup-making and ways to season them. I might be able to find and translate a recipe if you have an idea of which kind you're interested in: there's shouyu ramen (soy sauce based, usually chicken stock), miso ramen (miso based), tonkotsu ramen (pork broth based), and Hakata ramen (cloudy, pork-based if memory serves me). I don't really know raamen well, but I'd be happy to do research on one of the above types... maybe obaachan could help more than me, though I don't think she'd make raamen at home either.

re: Atsuage no mori: fried tofu stuffed with shimeji mushrooms

Steamy Kitchen — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:46:35 GMT

Oh I totally forgot you are a vegetarian. Sorry! You're right, most go out to eat ramen. Maybe its a social ritual - to meet up at the ramen shop for lunch.

I'll ck out that link. Thank you!

re: Atsuage no mori: fried tofu stuffed with shimeji mushrooms

jason — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:01:14 GMT

The link will probably only help if you read Japanese, but it helps me, so if you see a picture that you want to know about, let me know :)