Uno hana with Okara

Uno hana (Okara- biproduct of tofu, soy bean pulp)
I went to Japanese supermarket called Marukai in Torrance.
I just love Marukai so much, I feel like I am in a “real” Japanese supermarket.
Anyway, I always liked this dish called Uno hanna.. Which made with Okara.
Basically what Okara is left over soy pulp from Tofu. (just like buttermilk from butter making)


To make this, sauté to dry the okara in frying pan with low heat until sandy consistency.



I normally make this with dried Shiitake mushroom, carrots, and whatever root vegetable of what I have.

The flavoring is with dashi(fish based broth(but doesn’t smell and taste fishy at all), soy sauce, sake, sugar, mirin(sweet cooking sake).

Cook veggie separately with this flavoring and add the dried okara at the end. It’s pretty simple and super healthy side dish.

Okara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okara_(food)

dashi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashi

mirin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin