PROJECT Yakumi

Jun 29, 2022 | Kitchen PROJECTS, Summer

PROJECT Yakumi 薬味

This Kitchen PROJECT is about making YAKUMI, fresh herb and spice mixtures, in YOUR kitchen.

Use yakumi to top dishes such as chilled tōfu, fresh tomatoes or stewed eggplant. Cold noodles served with yakumi to be added to soy-based dips are a Japanese summertime classic (a great beat-the-heat strategy!). Yakumi can also be folded into an omelet.

Here’s a BASIC RECIPE to use as a point of departure for creating your own house version of YAKUMI. Maybe try tossing yakumi with sushi meshi to make a chirashi-style scattered sushi platter? or to stuff  fried tōfu pouches to make inari-zushi? You could also try tossing yakumi mix into a pasta… or stuff into a sandwich ?

More about yakumi on my Kitchen Culture post.

My June 2022 newsletter is all about yakumi.

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