#161 Summer Prep Meals | Japanese Curry Stir-Fry & Ginger Make-Ahead Dishes

Featuring fresh ginger syrup, curry stir-fry, soba salad, and more 🥗
With the first signs of summer fatigue already appearing, I’m sharing make-ahead dishes and home-cooked recipes to help get through the hot season ahead 😌

[Soba Salad]
Tomato: 1
Green shiso leaves: 3
Canned tuna: 1 can (70 g)
Dried soba noodles: 1 bundle
Toasted sesame seeds: 1 tbsp
Dashi powder: 1/3 tsp
Sugar: 1/2 tsp
Salt: a pinch
Black vinegar: 1 1/2 tbsp
Soy sauce: 2 tbsp
Black pepper: a pinch
Sesame oil:1 tbsp

[Lemon & Fresh Ginger Syrup]
Fresh ginger (mainly the pink part near the stems): 150 g
Cardamom pod: 1
Cinnamon stick: 1
Lemon juice: 1/2 lemon
Water: 150 ml
Granulated sugar: 150 g

[Fresh Ginger & Cucumber Pickles]
Cucumbers: 2
Fresh ginger: 2 pieces
Garlic: 1 clove
Chili pepper: 1
Bay leaves: 2
Dill: about 2 sprigs
Black peppercorns: 1/2 tsp
Cloves: 6
Salt: 5 g
Sugar: 10 g
Water: 100 ml
White wine: 50 ml
Apple vinegar: 50 ml

[Pickled Sweet Vinegar Ginger (Gari)]
Fresh ginger: 70 g (rub with 1/3 tsp salt and squeeze well)
Sugar: 2 tsp
Salt: a pinch
Rice vinegar: 50 ml
Sake: 2 tbsp
Water: 1 tbsp

[Soy Sauce Pickled Fresh Ginger]
Fresh ginger: 50 g (chop into small pieces)
Sake: 2 tbsp
Mirin: 2 tbsp
Soy sauce: 1 tbsp

[Tofu, Okra & Pickled Plum Soup]
Tofu: 150 g
Okra: 8
Pickled plum: 1
Dashi stock: 500 ml
Sake: 1 tbsp
Soy sauce: a little
Potato starch slurry (1 tbsp potato starch + 3 tbsp water)

[Simmered Wood Ear Mushrooms with Ginger]
Dried wood ear mushrooms: 15 g
Fresh ginger: 1 piece
Rice oil: 1 tbsp
Mirin: 1 tbsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
Soy sauce: 1 tbsp
Toasted sesame seeds: a little

[Furikake with Shredded Kombu & Dried Ingredients]
Shredded kombu: 3 g
Dried wakame: 5 g
Bonito flakes: 5 g
Dried small shrimp: 2 tbsp
Aonori: 1 tsp
Rock salt: a pinch

[Stir-Fried Pork & New Potatoes with Curry Mayo]
Thinly sliced pork belly: 150 g
New potato: 1
Green beans: 15
Bell pepper: 1/4
Mayonnaise: 1 tbsp
Soy sauce: a little
Curry powder: 2 tsp
Salted kelp: 2 pinches

[Zucchini in Dashi Marinade]
Zucchini: 1
Dashi stock: 200 ml
Sugar: 1/2 tsp
Salt: a pinch
Soy sauce: 2 tsp

[Shijimi Clam & Garlic Chive Soup]
Shijimi clams: 400 g
Garlic chives: 4
Water: 500 ml
Sake: 1 tbsp
Salt: a pinch
Soy sauce: 2 tsp
Sesame oil: a little

[Spicy Fried Pork Liver]
Onion: 1/2
Pork liver: 250 g
Cake flour: 2 tbsp
Potato starch: 3 tbsp
Garlic: 1 clove
Ginger: 1 piece
Toasted sesame seeds: 2 tsp
Gochujang: 1/2 tsp
Soy sauce: 1 tsp
Oyster sauce: 1 tsp
Honey: 1 tsp
Frying oil: as needed

[Milk & White Bean Paste Mizuyokan]
White bean paste: 300 g
Water: 150 ml
Milk: 150 g
Sweetened condensed milk: 2 tbsp
Agar powder: 3 g

[Cucumber & Green Shiso Miso Wasabi Pickles]
Cucumbers: 3
Salt: 1/2 tsp
Green shiso leaves: 6
Sugar: 2 tsp
Soy sauce: 1 tsp
Miso: 2 tbsp
Wasabi: 1 tsp

[Cumin & Fresh Ginger Onion Soup]
Onion: 1
Fresh ginger: 2 pieces
Olive oil: as needed
Cumin: 1/2 tsp
Water: 400 ml
Salt: a pinch
Black pepper: a pinch
Consommé powder: 2 tsp

[Paprika & Chickpea Mustard Pork Chop]
Pork loin steaks: 300 g
Salt and pepper: a little
Cake flour: 2 tbsp
Paprika: 1/2
Cooked chickpeas: 100 g
Garlic: 1 clove
Sake: 1 tbsp
Soy sauce: a little
Tomato ketchup: 3 tbsp
Honey: 1 tsp
Whole grain mustard: 1 tsp
Rice oil: as needed

[Melon, Zucchini & Prosciutto Salad]
Melon: 1/8
Zucchini: 1
Prosciutto (Jambon Sec): 2 slices
Grated Parmesan cheese: a little
Black pepper: a little
Olive oil: as needed

[Tomato Miso Potage]
Tomato: 1
Green shiso leaves: 4
Water: 250 ml
Milk: 250 ml
Salt: a pinch
Black pepper: a pinch
Miso: 2/3 tbsp
Consommé powder: 2 tsp

[Dill Butter Potatoes]
Potatoes: 3
Dill: about 2 handfuls
Salt: a pinch
Butter: 10 g

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