Mizore is the Japanese word for sleet, and nabe means “hot pot.” This recipe contains ground daikon, which many people think resembles wet snow, hence the “sleet”. Its tasty and contains lots of vitamins. Also it is very good with mochi (Japanese rice cake). We eat a lot mochi in New Year season, so it’s perfect for the new year!
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground pork
- 1/8 napa (cut 1.5″ x 1″)
- 1/8 medium onion (chopped)
- 1/3 cup gren onion (chopped)
- 1/2 daikon (ground)
- 1 tsp ginger (ground)
- 2 mochi
Spices
- 2 tbsp sake
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sugar
- dash salt
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 3C dashi soup or 8g hon-dashi (soup stock powder) in 3C water
Preparation
- Knead ground pork, onion, sesame oil, ginger, salt and make small meatballs
- Boil dashi soup and add sake, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a pot
- Add meatballs in a pot and boil for 5 minutes over med heat. In the same time heat a frying pan and grill mochi on both sides 2 minutes each over medium heat.
- Add mochi and napa in a pot, boil for 5 minutes then sprinkel with daikon and green onion