Thursday, January 07, 2010

Oinarisan Bento


Oinari-san is aka Inarizushi, made of sweet salty aburaage pouch & vinegared rice.  These aburaage pouches are simmered with syouyu & sugar & mirin & dashi.  This vinegared rice is mixed with sesame seed & simmered cut veggies (lotus root, dried siitake, carrot, hijiki and so on).  I had made them last night, and did stuffing this morning.  This time, garnished with ikura (salmon roe), broccoli sprout, julienned thin omelette, and ginger pickles.  And nimono, sweet roll omelette (not datemaki).  Nimono is simmered veggies, a traditional cuisine we have it during the first three days of New Year.  Actually didn't make nimono during the period, so made it belatedly yesterday.  It includes dried siitake, konnyaku, satumaage, carrot, satoimo (taro), edamame (green soy beans).  I'm STIll enjoying the New Year's mood.