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Spinach Ohitashi • おひたし
Recipe by: Fae’s Twist & Tango (fae-magazine.com)
Ohitashi おひたし means to steep vegetables in dashi sauce.
Ohitashi can be made with various vegetables, spinach being most common.
INGREDIENTS
• 1 bunch spinach
• 1 tsp salt
• soy sauce
Sauce
• 2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp dashi (stock)
Garnish
• Shaved dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)
• Sesame seeds
DIRECTIONS
◊ Wash spinach thoroughly.
◊ Pour water in medium size pot and bring to a boil. Add salt (this will retain spinach’s bright green color). Put spinach in, stem side first, and gradually place spinach leaves in hot water. Immerse spinach in the boiling water to make sure it cooks evenly. Depending on leaf thickness of spinach, 1 ~ 2 minutes cooking time is enough.
◊ Drain and immediately soak in a cold water to stop from further cooking.
◊ Once cooled, lift spinach out of water by stems. Put on sudare/bamboo-rolling-screen to drain excess water. Also, press gently to push out excess liquid.
◊ As shown in illustration, pour a few drops of soy sauce all over to infuse flavor.
◊ Cut spinach in 5 cm/ 2” length and place in individual small bowl/kobachi.
◊ Mix soy sauce and dashi. Pour a teaspoon on each dished spinach. Garnish with bonito flakes or sesame seeds.
~ どうぞめしあがれ•Douzo Meshiagare! ~
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MMMM!!! This recipe is new to me but it looks easy to make & lovely to savour too!
Beautiful! I love all the ingredients in this recipe. Haven’t had bonito flakes that much, but I really like them.
Looks wonderful!
That is such an innovative idea which has great results 😀
Cheers
CCU
Your posts are always so interesting…so many dishes I have never seen before.
Hi Karen, I’m glad to know that my posts serve more than just being posts. 😀
They certainly are…I’m sure everyone would agree with me.
This is really pretty and sounds tasty!
Such a lovely presentation, Fae!
OK, I kind of love this! Queen Porandokht would have liked this too, don’t you think? I’ll have to give this a try when I’m in a dexterous mood.
Queen Porandokht loved yogurt… it was the cook who incorporated
the veggies! 😀 )))
This is such a pretty dish.
Hi Fae, I’m not familiar with dashi, is it just chicken stock?
Hi Gregory, Dashi is a broth made from i.e, shaved dried bonito, dried sardines, and to make it vegan, kelp or mushrooms. Pleas check out my post Dashi and Miso Soup, I explain more.
I love foods that come in little bites… I can just use my fingers to pop them in my mouth! How pretty!
I love the purity of this style of Japanese food. Simply delicious,