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@Japanese_Ideas

Nottingham, U.K.

I'm sharing dishes ordinary Japanese people eat on ordinary days using easily available ingredients in the U.K.
I have been running Japanese cookery classes in Nottingham, U.K. since 2007. I also do supper club/pop up restaurant.
Please visit my website
www.japaneseideas.co.uk
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Iceberg lettuce and pork stir fry

pork steak • iceberg lettuce (medium size) • vegetqble oil • salt • little sesame oil (optional) • For marinade • soy sauce • pce each frensh gonger and garlic (as you like) • tspn dried chilli pepper • little black pepper • If you have use shio koji instead of marinade
- Hands on time 15 minutes or less
- 4 people
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Cucumber salad with sesame

or 1/3 of cucumber • sesame oil • rice vinegar • tspn light soy sauce • tspn sugar • tspn salt to withdraw water from cucumber • sesame seeds
- Hands on time 15 minutes or less
- 2 people as a side dish
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Furikake - prawn shells Don’t throw away No.8

Prawn shells cooked or raw • little salt • Sesame seeds (optional)
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Good flavoured soup : use brine from a tin

tin of salmon • Any vegetables • bay leaves (optional)
- 15 minutes
- 2 people
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Beetroot’s leaves and egg, tamago toji. Don’t throw away No.7

Beetroot’s • eggs • salt and soy sauce • Vegetable oil
- 10 minutes
- 2 servings
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Corn silk and husk tea, Don’t throw away No.6

Corn silk • corn husks
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Crispy Nibble: Salmon Skin, “Do not throw away No 5”

Skin of salmon
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Easter eggs (not chocolate but real boiled egg!)

eggs • Outer skin of 2 red onions • Sticky tape
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Fried tofu balls “GANMODOKI" my favourite Japanese dish

Tb.spoon hijiki (dried) • carrot • t.spoon each salt and sugar • tofu • potato • dessert spoon potato flour or plain flour • t.spoon soy sauce • Vegetable oil to fry
- 6 pieces
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Tofu salad “shira a-e” Japanese style

tofu • or 5cm from small carrot • spinach or 4 top ends of Nero kale • Tb.spoon light soy sauce • Tb.spoon sesame seeds
- Less than 30 minutes
- 2 as a side dish
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Tined salmon and mooli

small tin of salmon about 130g gross • sliced mooli/daikon • dessert spoon light soy sauce • sugar • spring onion
- 2 people
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Leek with miso Japanese style

leek • miso • rice vinegar • sugar • Black sesame seeds
- 2 people as a side dish
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Leftover Christmas pudding and ice cream

Leftover Christmas pudding • Vanilla ice cream
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Roasted whole sea bream with all the trimmings on one roasting tin

whole sea bream or similar fish, scaled and cleaned • lemon • small tomato • small courgette • any beans • cous cous • Some olive oil (NOT extra virgin oil) • string rosemary
- 30 minutes
- 2 people
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Kefir, milk and water

For milk kefir • Tb.spoons milk kefir grains (I know! It’s not a printing error) • full fat milk • For water kefir • Tb.spoons water kefir grains (less and more doesn’t matter) • Tb.spoons sugar • litter filtered water
- 24hrs to 48hrs
- About 500ml milk kefir and 1litter water kefir
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Don’t through away No.4. What to do with leftover garlic bread

Leftover garlic bread
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Cucumber and ginger salad

cucumber, about 15cm long (a few small ones are better but a normal English cucumber is OK) • t.spoon salt • fresh ginger (small piece the size of a cherry tomato) • t.spoon soy sauce • Tb.spoon sesame oil
- Less than 30 minutes
- 2 people
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Garlic and red chilli linguini and avocado starter

linguini or enough for two • garlic, roughly chopped • mild red chilli, sliced thinly • broccoli or a handful, break in rough peices • olive oil • salt and pepper • avocado, halved and take stone out • tomato, halved and slice thinly • egg • extra strong cheese or thin slice • butter • salt and pepper
- Two portions
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Chicken breast with mustard-soy sauce and lightly marinated vegetable in Japanese style #MysteryBag1

chicken breast • whole grain mustard • soy sauce • sugar • salt and pepper • oil little to fry • onion about 50g • sweet pointed red pepper about 40g • dessert spoon honey • dessert spoons lemon juice • sushi rice • brown short grain rice •
- Serves 2 servings
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Salad with smoked salmon, wakame,cucumber and red onion

cucmber • wakame • small red onion • smoked salmon bits • Large pinch salt • For the dressing • soy sauce • sugar • rice vinegar
- 4 servings