

Step 3: Place in a bowl and top with grated radish and shredded mitsuba. Step 2: Fry briefly in oil at 180 degrees Celsius and place on a paper towel to drain. Step 1: Separate the Pon de Ring into individual balls and sprinkle the potato starch over them. We gathered all the ingredients together, aside from the mitsuba, which we weren’t able to find at the store so we used green shiso leaves instead, and moved on to the four-step preparation process. Mentsuyu (noodle broth): Approximately 20 millilitres (0.7 ounces).Vegetable Oil: A suitable amount for frying.

We decided to find out by trying Mister Donut’s unusual recipe, which requires the following ingredients for one serving: Agedashi Tofu (pronounced “Agedashi Dofu”) is known for its salty sweet sticky sauce, which pairs beautifully with the thick fried batter that encases the soft tofu, but how would this work with a doughnut taking the place of tofu? If the name sounds familiar, that’s because it involves agedashi, which means “lightly deep fried” but is commonly associated with Agedashi Tofu, a popular fried tofu dish. A number of fast food chains have pivoted to cater to this trend, offering hacks and recipes to modify their takeout items, and now Mister Donut is joining the craziness with a new recipe for… Agedashi Doughnuts. Simply place the tofu in a fine-meshed sieve over a sink to drain off the excess water.Official recipe makes us question everything we thought we knew about Japanese food.Įver since the pandemic, more and more people have been ordering takeout and preparing meals at home. So, for all dishes using fresh tofu, draining is required. You can buy packs of dried powdered kombudashi from Asian stores or online I always have packets at home if I don't have time to make dashi.įresh tofu is normally sold in a tray of water that keeps it moist and fresh, but usually you do not want all that extra liquid in the finished dish. There are a few ways to make dashi, but the most common uses kombu, a Japanese kelp. There is also the advantage of not having added salt, which is in most instant vegetable stocks, so you can better control the seasoning of your dish. It is a great swap in Asian food for classic vegetable stock for many reasons, but mostly because vegetable stock is based on a French mirepoix of ingredients, including quite distinctive flavours such as garlic and celery, which in some more subtle dishes - including miso soup - are too intrusive. Vegetarian Japanese stock is great to have on hand for enhancing many of the dishes in this book. Scatter with scallions and grated daikon to serve.Next, slice the tofu into 4 x 100g/3½ oz blocks and coat the pieces in the cornstarch.Scatter with spring onions and grated daikon to serve.Divide the sauce between the bowls, pouring it around the tofu, not on top of it.Fry the remaining 2 pieces in the same way before serving up into bowls. Fry for 3–4 minutes until lightly golden brown, then lift out onto kitchen paper (paper towels) to drain off the excess oil. If they don’t, the oil is not hot enough. Drop 2 of the tofu blocks into the oil they should sizzle immediately.As always when deep-frying, be very careful and do not leave the kitchen or take a telephone call. Fill a large saucepan or wok with enough oil to sit at least 2cm/¾ inch deep and heat it up for 3–4 minutes.Next, slice the tofu into 4 x 100g/3½ oz blocks and coat the pieces in the cornflour.Prepare the sauce by mixing the dashi, soy sauce and mirin together in a bowl.

