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Today we want to share to you about other Japanese Food categories. The categories are Meat Dishes, Soya Bean Dishes, Yoshoku Dishes and many other dishes.
Meat Dishes
Meat has been eaten in Japan in larger amounts only since the second half of the 19th century. Nowadays there are a variety of Japanese meat dishes.
1. Yakitori
Yakitori are grilled chicken pieces on skewers. Most parts of the chicken can be used for yakitori.
2. Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu are deep fried pork cutlets. Tonkatsu is usually served with shredded cabbage or on the top of cooked rice (katsudon) or with Japanese style curry rice (katsu kare).
3. Nikujaga
Nikujaga is a popular dish of home style cooking made of meat (niku) and potatoes (jagaimo)
Soya Bean Dishes
Tofu, natto, miso and many other important ingredients of Japanese cooking are made of soya bean. The following are some of the most popular soya bean based dishes:
1. Yudofu
Yudofu are tofu pieces boiled in a clear, mild soup and dipped into a soya based sauces before being eaten.
2. Agedashi Tofu
Agesashi Tofu are deep fried tofu pieces that are dipped into a soya based sauce before being eaten.
3. Miso Soup
A bowl of miso soup often accompanies breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is made by dissolving miso paste in a hot water and adding additional ingredients such as wakame seaweed and small pieces of tofu.
Yoshoku Dishes
A large number of Western dishes have been introduced to Japan over the centuries. Many of them have become completely Japanized and these dishes are now called Yoshoku dishes. Some of the most popular ones are:
1. Korokke
Korokke has its origins in the croquettes which were introduced to Japan in the 19th century. Korokke are breaded and deep fried and come in many varieties depending on the filling. The most common filling is a mix of minced meat and mashed potatoes.
2. Omuraisu
Omuraisu (abbreviation for omelet rice) is cooked rice, wrapped in a thin omelet and usually served with a gravy sauce or tomato ketchup.
3. Hayashi Raisu
Hayashi rice is Japanese style hashed beef stew, thinly sliced beef and onion in a demi-glace sauce served over or along side cooked rice. It resembles kare raisu and like kare raisu it is also eaten with a spoon.
4. Hamubago
Hamibago is a Japanese style hamburger steak. It is typically served on a plate and usually with demi-glace sauce but without a bun.
Other Dishes
1. Tempura
Tempura is seafood, vegetables, mushroom and other pieces of food coated with tempura batter and deep fried. Tempura was introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in the 16th century but was become one of Japan's most famous dishes internationally.
2. Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki is a mix between pizza and pancake. Various ingredients such as seafood, vegetables and meat can be mixed with the dough and placed on the okonomiyaki as topping.
3. Monjayaki
Monjayaki is a Kanto region speciality that is similar to Okonomiyaki, however the dough used is much more liquid than the okonomiyaki dough.
4.Gyoza
Gyoza are dumplings with filling usually made of minced vegetables and ground meat. Gyoza were introduced to Japan from China. In Japan gyoza are usually prepared by frying them.
5. Chawanmushi
Chawanmushi is savory steamed egg custard that usually contains pieces of chicken, shrimp, fish cake and a ginko nut mixed inside.
6. Tsukemono
Tsukemono are Japanese pickles. There are many variety of pickles and a small dish of tsukemono is usually served with Japanese meals.
Now we were done about Japanese Dishes. Japanese dishes can be found in our country, Malaysia. We feel Japanese food might be your favorite too- We love it!
Thank you for reading.
Till then, sayonara everyone.
source : http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2035.html
