What sre some japanese vegetarian meals?
I know that there aren’t many, but still im a vegetarian and i want to know. Could you give me the name and kind of explain it?
Question is: how vegetarian are you? Japanese season just about everything with fish flakes. Plus, they might use animal broth or eggs. If you are fine with that, no problem eating out. If you are not fine with that (I’m not), then mostly you’ll have to cook at home. I believe most things can be done vegan, especially since dairy is not part of the native diet. Any meat dishes, just sub with tofu.
any kind of vegetable stir fry, saute (Japanese have tons of variations)
tofukatsu – fried, breaded tofu. usually this is tonkatsu (pork)
yaki soba – fried noodles with vegetables
soba – noodle dish (vegans can’t do ramen because it’s pork broth)
other soup broths: miso (fermented soy beans), soy sauce
gyoza – potstickers, wontons
fried rice
okonomiyaki – hardest to describe as I disagree with people calling it Japanese pizza/omelette, it’s a flour based dish with your choice of veggies (and meat so nix it)
onigiri – rice balls. rice with something inside, depends on what you want, often with a piece of seaweed on the outside. common insides are umeboshi (plum), some kind of meat, or just veggies. mainland serves it in the shape of a triangle, okinawa serves it round.
natto – fermented soy beans (acquired taste, only vegan source of a vitamin and i forgot the name of that vitamin)
sushi – sushi is not fish! that’s sashimi (raw). sushi is rice rolled around something with seaweed wrapped around it. common vegetarian versions are cucumber, natto, etc. another "sushi" is inari zushi which is a thin tofu skin holding sushi rice. (sushi rice is seasoned)
a million miso dishes – miso soup, baked eggplant with miso on top, etc.
japanese cook also with various sea vegetables, pumpkin, corn, etc. many local and seasonal dishes and varieties.
just vegetarian, not vegan
omuraisu (omelette rice) – half moon omelette folded over so that it’s stuffed with fried rice, often served with ketchup on top
any soup with egg in it
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:47 am
Question is: how vegetarian are you? Japanese season just about everything with fish flakes. Plus, they might use animal broth or eggs. If you are fine with that, no problem eating out. If you are not fine with that (I’m not), then mostly you’ll have to cook at home. I believe most things can be done vegan, especially since dairy is not part of the native diet. Any meat dishes, just sub with tofu.
any kind of vegetable stir fry, saute (Japanese have tons of variations)
tofukatsu – fried, breaded tofu. usually this is tonkatsu (pork)
yaki soba – fried noodles with vegetables
soba – noodle dish (vegans can’t do ramen because it’s pork broth)
other soup broths: miso (fermented soy beans), soy sauce
gyoza – potstickers, wontons
fried rice
okonomiyaki – hardest to describe as I disagree with people calling it Japanese pizza/omelette, it’s a flour based dish with your choice of veggies (and meat so nix it)
onigiri – rice balls. rice with something inside, depends on what you want, often with a piece of seaweed on the outside. common insides are umeboshi (plum), some kind of meat, or just veggies. mainland serves it in the shape of a triangle, okinawa serves it round.
natto – fermented soy beans (acquired taste, only vegan source of a vitamin and i forgot the name of that vitamin)
sushi – sushi is not fish! that’s sashimi (raw). sushi is rice rolled around something with seaweed wrapped around it. common vegetarian versions are cucumber, natto, etc. another "sushi" is inari zushi which is a thin tofu skin holding sushi rice. (sushi rice is seasoned)
a million miso dishes – miso soup, baked eggplant with miso on top, etc.
japanese cook also with various sea vegetables, pumpkin, corn, etc. many local and seasonal dishes and varieties.
just vegetarian, not vegan
omuraisu (omelette rice) – half moon omelette folded over so that it’s stuffed with fried rice, often served with ketchup on top
any soup with egg in it
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vegan of japanese descent
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:05 am
You can make sauteed egglplant with miso. You just have to cut up eggplants into chunks, add oil, and saute until cooked. I actually cook it in the oven in a cast iron skillet for 30 or so min at 350 or 375. Then I get a bowl, scoop out some white miso paste and add mirin. I mix it up and stir it into the cooked eggplants. If I have green onions, I add some to the mixture. I heat it up for a bit and voila! Serve with rice because the miso flavor is very strong.
Also you can make yaki udon. Stir-fried noodles. You can add what veggies you want. Cook the veggies first and then add the noodles. Season with salt and pepper or soy sauce.
Veggie tempura
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