Yomogi
| Yomogi is one of the most
popular wild plants in Japan. It is of the chrysanthemum
family. Yomogi is useful as a medical and culinary herb.
In spring, we pick young leaves and make some Kusamochi.
I recommend tempura of yomogi. It's delicious! |
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Kusamochi (Rice cake with Yomogi)
Ingredients (for 4 or 5 servings, about 8 or 10 pieces)
| 30g fresh yomogi leaves |
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| a pinch of baking soda |
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| 120g joshinko (a kind of rice powder) |
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| 30g shiratamako (a kind of rice powder) |
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| 15g sugar |
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| 100ml hot water |
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| 200g anko (red bean paste) |
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How to make
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Wash yomogi leaves in a bowl of water and rinse well.
If there are some stems, take away. |
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In a lot of boiling water add a pinch of baking soda,
boil yomogi for one or two minutes |
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Strain, wash with cold water soon |
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Squeeze excess water. Grind yomogi in a mortar |
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Put the hot water with joshinko, shiratamako and
sugar into a microwave-safe bowl. Mix well until it
becomes soft. |
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Cover and microwave it for five or 10 minutes until
slightly transparent. |
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Knead the dough together with yomogi, until it is
hot. |
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Form it into balls and fill them with anko (red bean
paste). |
Note
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If you don't have fresh yomogi leaves, you can
substitute dried powder of yomogi. In that case, use 10g
of the powder and soak it in a water. When yomogi get
soft, squeeze excess water. |
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When you form the yomogi dough into balls, you can
easily make them with wetting your hands with sugared
water (sugar:water=1:1) or light flavor vegetable oil. |
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Have fun! |
How to buy
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Dry yomogi leaves .It is 3,500yen/kg in Spring and Summer.
It is 5,500yen in autamn and Winter
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Dry yomogi Powder.It is 6,000/kg. |
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Live yomogi leaves.It is 4,000/kg. |
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