WHAT ARE 08 BASIC SPICES IN JAPANESE DISHES ?

You are a great housewife, but sometimes you ask yourself, what makes Japanese food so great? Of course, in addition to fresh and good ingredients, spices are one of the factors that you should consider when making Japanese food. The 8 main spices in Japanese dishes are showed below:

1. Sesame oil
In case it is not possible to find Japanese soy sauce, substituting with other sesame oil is also acceptable, but Japanese sesame oil will always bring more Japanese flavor.

2. Mirin Alcohol:
Made from malt, rice and fermented glutinous rice, sweetened by sugar. The best Mirin is Hon-Mirin. Mirin is used to marinate food to increase natural sweetness, not be broken when cooked, deodorize seafood and especially to help it more delicious.

3. Sake Wine
A Japanese cooking wine made from rice. Let's use sake wine to cook !!!

4. Sesame oil:
Black sesame oil is better

5. Rice vinegar
The Japanese have a variety of vinegar, with a special for sushi or sweet vinegar and fruit vinegar

6. Sesame seeds
The Japanese like sesame, not only decorate but also add fatty flavor to the food

7. Miso
The miso is also very similar to the soy sauce, but it is much sweeter and not harsh.

8. Mustard (Wasabi)