Japanese delicious dishes and cooking on Japanese technologies will appeal not only to your family, but also to your guests. Pamper them!
Rule one: Japanese dishes are eaten with chopsticks. These devices should be present on the tablecloth-self-scrubbing. The art of eating dishes in this way the inhabitants of Japan learn almost from birth. The method of "conducting" chopsticks we have to master externally. You or your friends, family members are not habitues of sushi bars? Training wands will do. They can be purchased at specialized stores. Or do it yourself - put a napkin between the sticks, fasten them with an elastic band. For insurance, close to the plates, place the usual forks, knives, so that the guests feel comfortable. Another feature of the Japanese serving is square, rectangular dishes. Plates of such forms can be easily found in supermarkets. It will be appropriate to have white or light dishes with a dark pattern. Very original look black plates with a red pattern.
Goblets can be served in the usual form - such as you put on other holidays.
With the help of Japanese delicious dishes and cooking these delicious dishes, you will establish new traditions for yourself and master many interesting skills. By tradition, the Japanese meal starts with rubbing your hands. Have you noticed that in the sushi restaurants before serving the ordered dishes, waiters bring wet towels? For complete authenticity, it is worth observing this ritual. Dampen towels in warm (not soapy!) Water, gently fold them into a tube and spread out before each plate.
Furniture in the Japanese interior is lower in height than in European. If the company is small, you can cover a coffee table, and replace chairs with pillows. Not ready for such experiments? Cover the tablecloth with an ordinary dining table. Cloth is not necessarily silk. A simple white tablecloth of any material (for example, linen) is also suitable. For a special color you can light in the living room aroma lamp, decorate the room with Chinese lanterns.
Unusually
Japanese delicious dishes and cooking sushi without a certain skill to master at home is almost impossible. But if you practice - everything will turn out. Each sushi is made separately, in a special way. For the house, family, rolls will do. These mini-rolls, which are made up of different edible layers, are wrapped and cut into six to eight pieces. Their obligatory components are nori seaweed (there are in stores!) And rice. The secret of a successful roll is in the correctly welded croup. It is best to buy Japanese rice (you can find it in supermarkets!) And cook it in a double boiler. It will turn out most that neither is a samurai - a grain to a seed. Then it should be seasoned with a dressing from rice vinegar (available at domestic shelves), sugar and salt. Rice well "glued together" - and the rolls will not decay. Do not you want to bother with this product for a long time? Suitable round rice, cooked in the usual way. It will turn out sticky - also a good option for rolls. Then lay out layers - seaweed nori, rice and stuffing. Raw fish, according to the chefs of many Japanese restaurants, you can use only if you are absolutely sure of the product. It should be fresh, purchased in a specialized store. You can start rolls with smoked or salted fish - it will be delicious and more familiar to our stomachs. By the way, rolls can be with a very European accent. Fish can be replaced with bacon. It will be very original and will appeal to men. This dish is served with a horseradish wasabi and marinated ginger. Japanese delicious dishes and preparations of various kinds of rice have a certain tradition: sprinkle almost every dish with fried sesame seeds.
Fast
Indispensable participants in the feasts are salads. We bring to your attention a quick salad prepared from seaweed. To this basic ingredient you can add finely chopped fresh cucumber and boiled egg, season with olive or other vegetable oil. This dish is rich in iodine, other useful microelements. You can make a snack of shiitake mushrooms. They are sold in dry form. They need to be soaked in water beforehand, then cut, fried and seasoned with soy sauce or baked pies with these mushrooms.
For the prince of the year
Tiger is meat-eater. Meat dishes will come in handy. Pork in a spicy hot and sweet sauce will be good. Pork (preferably - loin) should be cut into medallions, salt, pepper and fry in a pan. Prepare the sauce from the cubed canned pineapple: fry it for 2-3 minutes in butter, add mustard and honey. Pour meat sauce and serve to the table. Suitable and veal with dried fruits, baked in foil. Veal tenderloin should be stuffed with figs, dried apricots, prunes. Marinate in spices (salt, pepper) and soy sauce. And then bake in foil. Guests will feel the Japanese flavor. In the spirit of Zen, you can cook chicken. Marinate it in soy sauce with spices and bake. Like sharp? Chicken will be served with Chinese sauce (available in stores) - with paprika and chili.
In the Fleet
Well, which samurai does not like fish? The Japanese usually fry it on a tampan - a very tricky vessel, where the temperature in the middle is 300 degrees Celsius, and on the sides - 150. If you are smart, you can do with improvised means. Maximize the oven or frying pan, fry fish on it until golden brown and bring it to readiness at a lower temperature. Do not take an exotic fugu - this dangerous poisonous fish, it should be cooked only by a professional! Salmon, trout, salmon, fish from the family of sea bass are suitable. And what surprises the guests is seafood. You can fry seafood along with pre-cut vegetables - and serve them on saucers. By the way, such a quick cooking can become a way out when you need to create a dinner in a hurry - mix seafood with vegetables and mix with boiled noodles.
Traditionally, and of course, at the table you need a side dish! Authentically, at the meeting of the Eastern Japanese New Year, rice will look on the table. However, by tradition, we are accustomed to potatoes - without it there is not a single feast. This root can be fully "clothed in a kimono", if cut into circles, bake in the oven. And then fill with soy sauce or Japanese mayonnaise - another innovation on European shelves, it is fatter and softer in taste than the usual European. With mayonnaise or soy sauce, you can make french fries.
Sweetly
But, perhaps, the most simple is a Japanese dessert. Kiwi, orange, apple, banana should be cut into pieces and fry 2-3 minutes in butter. You can add a little cognac. And serve them hot with ice cream balls. Such sweets are prepared within a few minutes - while your spouse will entertain guests after the main part of the feast in Japanese.
To wash down all cooked masterpieces recommend white wine or Japanese plum wine and even sake. Suitable and Ukrainian gorilochka. The main thing: smile, have fun, wish each other happiness - and the New Year in the oriental style will go to glory with any orchestra of dishes.