Recipe: Delicious Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese)

Recipe: Delicious Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese). Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like oil and vinegar. Vegetable used in Shira-ae is usually sliced carrots, spinach, Konnyaku (a firm jelly-like food made from konnyaku potatoes), green beans, and sometimes.

Give it a try and let me know how you like it!

Today, we are making, Sira-ae, Mushed Tofu salad.

It's a traditional side dish served with the main course.

You can have Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese) using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese)

1. You need 10 of Green beans.

2. It’s 1 dash of Boiled bamboo shoots.

3. Prepare 1 of dash, around 40 grams Konnyaku.

4. Prepare 1/2 of block, about 160 grams Firm tofu.

5. You need 20 of to 30 grams Umeboshi with the pits removed and chopped into a paste.

6. It’s 3 of level tablespoons Toasted sesame seeds.

7. You need 2 of leaves Shiso leaf.

8. It’s 1 of to 2 pieces - about 20 grams or (to taste) Meiji Hokkaido Tokachi Smart Cheese (processed cheese).

9. You need of Seasoning ingredients:.

10. You need 4 tbsp of Sake.

11. Prepare 2 tbsp of Mirin.

12. You need 1 tbsp of + or (to taste) Bonito based mentsuyu.

13. You need 1 of heaping teaspoon or (to taste) White miso (Saikyo sweet miso）.

It's a little bit involving but so delicious and.

Update: I've revised this, possibly the most popular umeboshi recipe in English online, to include some key troubleshooting notes.

My mom has been making a batch of umeboshi every year since, and I've also added some more notes from her.

My mother came for a visit this week, bringing along a pot of.

Umeboshi Scented Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu with Green Beans, Bamboo Shoot and Cheese) step by step

1. About this much is good. Saikyo miso is a mild, creamy tasting miso. Its quite sweet so it's perfect for shira-ae. Please give it a try..

2. Blanch the green beans, drain and refresh in cold water. Slice the bamboo shoot thinly. Cut the konnyaku in small pieces about the same size as the other ingredients, and blanch in boiling water to get rid of the smell..

3. Dice the cheese..

4. Julienne the shiso leaves, chop the umeboshi into a paste. Even if you buy pre-roasted sesame seeds, its important to re-toast them in a dry pan..

5. Grind up the sesame seeds well in a suribachi or a mortar with a pestle..

6. Drain the tofu, place in a microwave proof container and loosely cover with plastic wrap. Microwave for 3 minutes. Put in a clean cloth and press to expel the excess moisture, but dont press too much since don't want to try it out..

7. Put the wrung out tofu in the suribachi or mortar, add the white miso and sesame seeds and grind up well. Put in half the umeboshi paste..

8. Keep tasting and adjusting as you add the flavoring ingredients and thin out the paste..

9. When the tofu paste reaches the consistency you like, add the green beans, bamboo shoot and konnyaku. Mix with your hands gently..

10. Add the remaining umeboshi paste, cheese and shiso leaves. Mix in..

11. Make sure you dont completely blend the umeboshi paste, cheese and shiso leaves in - you still want them to stand out in the paste, so mix them in gently!.

12. Here, my palms are covered with umeboshi paste. Mix the cheese and shiso leaves in to blend in. Youre all finished!.

13. This isnt an overly sweet shira-ae. So it goes well with wine, or bourbon, or whiskey..

14. It wont turn watery even if you make it the day before. Make a big batch and have some for breakfast too. It's loaded with sesame seeds, tofu, cheese, and fiber..

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu.

It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like oil and vinegar.

Shira-ae is hard to get in ordinary Japanese restaurants in the US, but this is a kind of food we grow up with.

Yukari's "SHIRA-AE (Mashed TOFU salad)" 柿の白和えの作り方.

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