Learn about ingredients you'll need for typical Japanese recipes.
Eggplant (nasu) is one of the most popular summer vegetables in Japan. Nasu can be good pickled, fried, simmered, and steamed. Learning Japanese eggplant recipes add more variety to your meals.
The great smell of grilling unagi (eel) enhances people's appetite in the summer. When is the eel day? There are two "doyo no ushinohi" (the day of the cow during a doyo period) this summer: July 24th and August 5th. Eat lots of unagi dishes on Japanese eel days.
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