Rie Saito » konnyaku http://riesaito.com Rie Saito's original food recipes for around the World Sun, 16 May 2010 19:31:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 konnyaku and Shirataki http://riesaito.com/2010/01/konnyaku-and-shirataki/ http://riesaito.com/2010/01/konnyaku-and-shirataki/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:19:51 +0000 admin http://riesaito.com/?p=317 Japanese traditional Shirataki is also known as konnyaku noodles. These are excellent diet food as almost non-calorie, non-fat, rich in minerals and dietary fibre.
These are traditionaly cooked with Japanese syle hot pots and miso soups as those are great absorbing flavour from soups. Shirataki can be used as noodle substitute which is non-calorie! great. Alternatively, why not try Konnyaku stake?

Konnyaku stake
ingredients:
konnyaku 1bag (240g)
soy sauce 1tbsp
sake 1tbsp
mirin 1tbsp
sugar 1/2tbsp
chilli 1 or 1/2tsp
sesami oil 1tbsp
sesami 1tbsp

method:
1. cut the both side of connyaku surface in lattice patteren and then cut it in 2cm/inch cubes.
2. boil some water in a small pan, add the konnyaku and boil it for 2-3min to remove the smell and harshness. Remove the konnyaku from the pan and drain.
3. heat a frying pan with table spoon of sesami oil and add the chilli braking into 2 (or chopped depending on the heat you would like to have. if you are using powder chilli, add after konnyaku) then add the konnyaku. Fry them for a few minutes.
4. Add the soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar into the pan and cook it untilall most of the sauce are absorbed. Sprinkle the sesami and serve.

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