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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee (Post 645805)

Well, for some reason we don't call gomashio a furikake even though it's the same concept. When we think of furikake, we think of one containing more than just 2-3 ingredients in it.

By gomashio, I hope you're using the black goma type, which tastes much better than white goma.

Can you suggest a recipe for a furikake? Or at least an idea of what it might involve? Or is it generally more something you buy and sprinkle on rice because it's quick, easy and tasty?

Yes, I use the black goma for gomashio. :)

Today, I tried hot rice mixed with a bit of Glico curry - the stuff that comes in solid form and melts when it's stirred into something hot. For something so very simple, it tasted pretty good!

I love putting squid or beef on my rice, maybe a little bit of soysauce, and voila!

I enjoy my rice mixed with some sort of hot sauce on it. lol. It's pretty good.

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Originally Posted by sushidushi (Post 646809)

To tell the truth, very few Japanese make their own furikake at home. We just buy it at supermarkets. :o But if you're interested, you could try making some. Here's one example. It's straight outa one website, so I won't promise anything.

3-5 Niboshi, 15g. Sakura-ebi (dried tiny pink shrimp), 2 spoons white goma, 1 spoon nori, 1 spoon pine seeds. Grind niboshi thoroughly in food-processor first, add sakuraebi and grind for 5 secs, and and add rest and grind a few secs. Add salt when you eat it.

Yay for using black goma. It's excellent for onigiri, too.

And curry is so good with rice. White rice is great, but turmeric rice tastes wonderful with curry, too. It adds color to the table.
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Pic of the most popular furikake in Japan, the Noritama (green pack) and my current favorite, the Tarako (cod roe) in pink pack.

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Originally Posted by leekim (Post 655530)

I'm having stir fry with my rice (which I usually am), I like to put the sauce from the dishes on top. Mmmm, makes it tasty.

Taken right out of my mouth...that can't be coincidence, you must have read my post, hahahah.

i like to put salt on mine.
sometimes i make eggs with it too.

it tastes yummy :mtongue:

Hmm, usually just plain, but if i'm willing, an egg or umeokaka would also be yummy. I'm also somewhat addicted to salt in my rice, probably from eating too much onigiri. :mtongue: My rice is usually in the from of Katsudon, Curry, or Onigiri.

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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 643766)

Different people have different ways of eating their white rice. How do you do it?

White rice is my fave. I like it with corn niblets or plain I add some salt for flavor that's what I had for lunch today!.

I get miso paste and mix it with soy sauce and then add a small amount to it over the rice. You can only imagine how it's going to taste like if you mix kuromiso with soy sauce. *Shudders*