Category Archives: Tofu + Egg

Tofu Donuts

By Azusa | Published: March 10, 2010

We all have failures in the kitchen from time to time. This is one of mine. My mom couldn’t stop raving about these tofu donuts—she loved them so much she fried these babies up 3 days in a row. The original recipe (which comes from a Japanese cooking magazine) calls for Morinaga Hot Cake Mix. [...]

Also posted in Appetizers + Snacks, Contemporary Recipes, Sweets | Tagged chocolate, deep fry, donuts, tofu | 6 Comments

Tamagoyaki

By Azusa | Published: September 22, 2009

Tamagoyaki makes me nostalgic. For picnics, instead of potato salad and barbecue chicken, my mom would make musubi and pack tamagoyaki and takuan pickles, each in separate aluminum foil packages. We’d eat without utensils and lick the takuan juices before they dribbled down our hands. We’d nibble at the rice that would stick to our [...]

Also posted in Traditional Recipes | Tagged egg, tamagoyaki | 4 Comments

Kari Pari Tofu Salad

By Azusa | Published: May 31, 2009

Tofu salad usually comes either with a refreshing shoyu-based or a creamy sesame-based dressing. I tend to prefer sesame, but this recipe popped out at me when I was perusing my mom’s collection of Japanese cooking magazines. The colors were beautiful and the combination of textures—the soft tofu, juicy tomatoes, shaki shaki lettuce, and the [...]

Also posted in Contemporary Recipes, Salads | Tagged salad, tofu | 2 Comments