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Super Food! Japanese Hijiki Rice

4/1/2015

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Hijiki! 
Full of iron, fiber, calcium and VItamin A. 
It's a superfood which will help us for a better blood flow, healthier skin and a superb intestine! 
What is it?
It's a brown sea vegetable, much like seaweed but chewy. 

For those of you who have not had a taste of it, and those of you who have, this recipe is a super-easy-must-try. All you do is throw in the following ingredients into your rice cooker. It'll turn into a savoury, warm Japanese rice dish. 

Ingredients
  • Hijiki (2 tbsp dry) You can buy these at Daiso, or at any Japanese supermarket. They come dry, so make sure you soak it in water before throwing it into the rice cooker!
  • 300g dry rice (cook w/ ~400ml water, or follow your rice cooker instructions)


Sauce
  • Japanese soy sauce 1 tbsp
  • Hondashi  (Japanese broth powder) 1 tsp
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Japanese sake 2 tbsp
  • Japanese mirin 1 tbsp


Steps
  1. Wash the rice (as usual) and place the sauce into the rice
  2. Add the water per rice cooker's instruction (or add around ~400ml if you don't have instructions)
  3. Add the hijiki
  4. Stir a bit, then cook the rice as usual!
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