Japanese Package List

From Andy in Japan

1. koya-dofu-- freeze-dried tofu
2. panko--bread crumbs
3. saya-endo-- salty snack made from green peas
4. hon dashi--bonito fish stock
5. fukujin-zuke--sweet and sour pickles for curry (like chutney)
6. shichi-mi--seven spice mix
7. nori sembei--rice crackers wrapped in nori seaweed
8. shiro-kikurage--dried jellyfish
9. kaki-mochi sembei--deep fried rice crackers made from mochi rice
10. katsuo-bushi--dried bonito flakes (other than soup: good over rice, with
steamed spinach and soy sauce)
11. wakame-- seaweed
12. ko-ebi--dried baby shrimp (for okonomiyaki or as furikake,, lots of
calcium!))
13. goma sembei--sesame rice crackers
14. wasabi sembei wasabi--wasabi rice crackers
15. hoji-cha--roasted green tea
16. harusame--bean thread noodles
17. tsumami-- dried squid (as is, with drinks)
18. katsu-bushi--dried bonito flakes
19. mabo-dofu mabo--spicy tofu mix (add water and tofu)
Empty sauce packet into a saucepan, add 180 ml water and heat. Empty
cornstarch packet into a small glass, add 15 ml cold water and stir. Mix
into sauce. Cut one tofu block into small squares and add to heated mixture.
Simmer until hot. Spoon over rice.
20. tarako-furikake--dried cod roe furikake (over rice)
21. nori
22. tori gara soup--chicken stock granules (very natural taste)
23. beni shoga--pickled ginger (traditionally for okonomiyaki or yaki-soba)
24. kaki-pi--spicy sembei and peanut snack