1 rice cup (180 ml) plain white rice
3 oz mackerel fillet, deboned, grilled
½ cup daikon, peeled, diced
1 pickled plum, pitted, chopped
160 ml water
2 teaspoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon sake
Kosher salt
White sesame
Garnish Mixture
10 green onions, chopped
5 leaves shiso, thinly sliced
2 myoga ginger, julienned
½ pack daikon radish sprout, cut into 1” pieces
Mix the ingredients for Garnish Mixture in a small bowl.
Rinse rice in a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl until the water runs clear. Drain well. Transfer the rice to the pot and add 160ml water. Cover and let soak for at least 30 minutes.
Add daikon, grilled mackerel, pickled plum, light soy sauce, sake, and kosher salt in that order.
Cook over medium heat and bring to a boil, about 6 minutes, or until steam starts escaping vigorously from under the lid. Reduce to very low heat and simmer for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat. Let the rice steam, covered, in residual heat for another 10 minutes.
Loosen the cooked rice by cutting it into quarters and folding each quarter using a rice spatula before serving. Top with Garnish Mixture.
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