How to make Ohitashi (Marinated Vegetables) 〜お浸し〜 | easy Japanese home cooking recipe

dashi

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + soy sauce

Vegetable broth provides a similar umami flavor.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar + sugar

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics mirin's sweetness.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Tamari is often similar in price and gluten-free.

sesame seeds

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds add crunch and nutrition at a lower cost.

Prepare the vegetables by washing and cutting them as needed.

For Spinach Ohitashi, blanch the spinach and then mix it with soy sauce and bonito flakes.

For Bok choy and mushroom Ohitashi, sauté the bok choy and shimeji mushrooms, then mix them with soy sauce and lemon juice.

For Shishito pepper Ohitashi, cook the shishito peppers with soy sauce, sugar, dashi powder, ginger, and water, possibly in the microwave.

Combine all the prepared vegetables with their respective sauces and let them marinate.

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