Japanese Rice Dishes

Lessons 19 and 20: Rice Dishes

Rice: the staple of the Japanese diet

In kaiseki cuisine, rice dishes are served at the closing of the meal.

Traditionally white rice is served with soup and pickles. However, seasoned or flavored rice dishes are increasingly popular choices for the final dish of a kaiseki meal.

In these lessons, you will learn the traditional Japanese method of preparing white rice as well as how to prepare a variety of delicious flavored rice dishes.

Techniques in These Lessons:

• The importance of washing rice and how to wash rice properly
• Variations of rice dishes based on cooking methods
• Unique serving vessels for the beautiful presentation of rice dishes
• How to match soup and pickles with rice dishes and the proper way of serving them

Recipes from Lessons 19 and 20:

• Green Pea Rice
• Sea Bream Rice
• Rice with Matsutake Mushrooms
• Rice in Broth with Chicken and Tofu
• Kurama Rice
• Red Rice
• Scattered Crab Sushi Sea Bream Cha-Zuke
• Sea Bream Cha-Zuke

With English language mini-texts containing the recipes for all dishes in Lessons 19 and 20 prepared by TSUJI’s professors.