Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono)
Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono)

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Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono). Tosazu is Japanese liquid for marinade with bonito dashi soup stock. Tosazu is used for marinated foods such as fresh white fish (Sunomono) because of its umami and mild taste.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tosazu, jelly dressing, and marinated octopus and cucumber (tosazu and sunomono) using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono):
  1. Prepare [Tosazu]
  2. Prepare 150 mL water
  3. Make ready 100 mL rice vinegar
  4. Take 50 g sugar
  5. Make ready 5 g bonito flakes (Katsuobushi)
  6. Prepare 5 cm Kombu kelp
  7. Make ready [Tosazu Jelly Dressing]
  8. Get 5 g gelatine powder with 20 mL of water
  9. Make ready 160 mL Tosazu
  10. Take [Marinated Octopus and Cucumber]
  11. Prepare 150 g boiled octopus
  12. Prepare 100 g cucumber
  13. Make ready 1 preferred amount of Tosazu

Tosazu is used for marinated foods such as fresh white fish (Sunomono) because of its umami and mild taste. See recipes for Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono) too. Marinated in vinegar, sugar, salt and soy sauce, this sweet & sour cucumber salad makes a perfect side dish. We have a large variety of appetizers using vinegar and cucumber.

Steps to make Tosazu, Jelly Dressing, and Marinated Octopus and Cucumber (Tosazu and Sunomono):
  1. [Tosazu] - Remove dust from the Kombu kelp with a dampened kitchen paper with Sake.
  2. Put all liquids and sugar in a pan and start heating. Place the Kombu kelp.
  3. When the liquid becomes warm, put the bonito flakes in the pan.
  4. Keep heating over medium-low heat with skimming the form from the surface. Be careful not to boil the broth.
  5. [Tosazu Jelly Dressing] - Soak the gelatine powder in 20 mL of water until swollen.
  6. Put the Tosazu in a small pan and heat over medium-low heat until bubbles pop out.
  7. Add the soaked gelatine to the pan and mix them thoroughly.
  8. Pour the jelly liquid to a plastic container.
  9. When it cools, place the plastic container into the fridge and let set until the jelly has set.
  10. Add some rice vinegar (not included in the recipe) and crush the jelly with a spoon. Dress salad with this Tosazu jelly.
  11. [Marinated Octopus and cucumber (Sunomono)] - Cut the octopus into bite-size chunks. Wash the octopus with rice vinegar (not included in the recipe). Remove the excess vinegar.
  12. Thinly slice the cucumber and rub salt (not included in the recipe). Leave it for about 5 mins. Drain the excess water.
  13. Mix the octopus and the cucumber with the Tosazu. Serve in a nice bowl!

Here are some examples Cold Wakame Salad. Octopus, conch, krab, shrimp, cucumber, and wakame with tosazu sauce. Thinly sliced octopus, cucumber, tosazu, and spicy sauces. Tako Sunomono (Octopus Salad) is yet another variation of Sunomono, sliced vegetables soaked in sweet vinegar sauce. Tako Sunomono, or Tako-su for short, can also be seen as an appetizer at many Japanese restaurants.

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