Tempura medley with dipping sauce 

Deep fried food pieces and a pot of brown sauce on blue round plate and a pair of chopsticks on pink background

Having your mates over to watch the big game? Why not impress them with a homemade tempura medley and this divine dipping sauce! Tempura is a Japanese dish where vegetables and seafood are covered in a cold batter and deep fried quickly.

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Okonomiyaki

A brown pancake topped with a fried egg and pices of nori & herb and chopsticks on wooden board

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake typically filled with cabbage. It’s cheap to make and delicious! We make ours with bacon because… well, everything’s better with bacon!

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Prawns, Egg and Avo layered Sushi

You can add almost anything to basic sushi rice to create your favorite sushi. Here is just an example. Beautiful tri-coloured ingredients layered in individual glasses. Ingredients (serve 2-3 as main dish) 2 cups (180ml cup comes with rice cookers) short/medium grain rice or sushi rice 2 tablespoons sake (or dry white wine) Sushi Vinegar:…

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Hot Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Jumbled Sushi

Very easy to make and looks and tastes gorgeous. This sushi recipe is perfect for family dinner or casual gatherings. Japanese families would serve this as a main meal, but you may like to serve it as an accompanying dish for a BBQ or summer buffet. Ingredients (serves 2-3 as a main dish): 2 cups…

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Buttercup stir fry

New season buttercups are here! I love this beautiful, dark yellow-orange vegetable in its green skin. Naturally sweet and so good just roasted. Add buttercup to soups, pastas, pies and many other dishes. Buttercup is both savoury and sweet and is full of vitamins too. Here is a Japanese style stir fry recipe with a little…

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