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Sweet azuki bean stew with round moch. Makes my body warm and happy in the winter time.
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One pot lunch dish for one! Ramen lunch and "ojiya" (soupy porridge) lunch. Both were made with leftover broth from the previous nights donabe hot pot dinners.
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When I found "kuwai" (arrowhead) from a market, I made a light simmer of these cute tubers.
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Izakaya-style side dishes...Brussels sprouts (the photo is before they were cooked), yuba (tofu skin) & komatsuna green stew, and simmered tofu and yuzu-kosho flavored ground chicken.
You can find a variety of mini-size donabe at toiro kithen's website.
Happy Donabe Life.