Characteristics of Ganmoki and recommended recipes: Home cooking that tastes traditional

Japanese traditional food culture offers a wide variety of dishes that make use of ingredients from each season.

Among these, "Ganmomoki" made from tofu, which is the main ingredient, has been loved by many people for its unique texture and taste. This time, we will explore the appeal of cancer-like cholesterol, and introduce recipes that can be easily enjoyed at home.

What is cancer-like?

Ganmomoki is a dish in which tofu is thoroughly mixed with grated yam, added ingredients such as carrots and sesame seeds, then rolled up, and fried in oil. The name comes from the fact that it "has a taste similar to geese meat."

Originally, it was commercialized by tofu shops as one of the shojin dishes, and is also known as "Hiryuto" in the Kansai region.

Cancer-like forms come in a variety of shapes, including large flat shapes and bite-sized round shapes. The ingredients added vary depending on the region and home, and some of them use luxurious ingredients such as lily root, gentan, hemp berries, and jellyfish.

How to choose and eat

The key to choosing a high-quality ganmomoki is to choose one with a uniform color, elasticity, and thick fried. Just like deep-fried tofu and deep-fried tofu, it is used as an ingredient in stewed dishes and oden, but it can also be used in a variety of other dishes.

Recommended recipes using cancer-like

Chinese style soup stew

• Ingredients (serves 4) : 12 pieces of ganmomoki, 50g minced pork, 1 teaspoon of green onions (minced), a little Chinese soup base + 5 cups of water, 30g of dried vermicelli, 1 pack of cracked shellfish, soy sauce, pepper and salt
• How to make : To make a slurp, drain the oil, drain the water, mix minced pork with green onions, soy sauce, and pepper, stuff it into a slurp and simmer in the soup. Finally, add vermicelli and cracked shellfish and it's finished.

Cooking vegetables and simmering

• Ingredients (serves 4) : 4 pieces of ganmomoki, 6 pieces of dried shiitake mushrooms, 40g of bean bean beans, 3 cups of dashi, salt, sugar, light soy sauce, mirin
• How to make : To make a simmer, remove the oil, cut it in two, add the shiitake mushrooms and bean bean paste and simmer. Don't overcook the vegetables, so they're finished with a vibrant colour.

Ganmomoki is one of the essential ingredients for Japanese dining tables, thanks to its unique texture and taste.

Try out a variety of dishes, including the recipes we introduced this time. You can easily enjoy traditional Japanese flavors at home.