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Japanese Cooking Ingredients and Vocabularies: T-U

T-U

Takenoko	Bamboo shoot.	Photo: Takenoko
Tako	Octopus.
Tamago	Egg.
Tamari	Thick and dark sauce made from soybeans.
Tekka-maki	One type of tolled sushi. Raw tuna is the ingredient. Tekka-maki recipe
Tempura	Deep-fried vegetables and seafood. Shrimp Tempura recipe	Photo: Tempura
Tentsuyu	Dipping sauce for Tempura. It is made with soysauce.
Teriyaki	Indicates Japanese dishes cooked with a mixture of soy sauce, sake, sugar or mirin. Teriyaki feature Teriyaki Chicken recipe Teriyaki Sauce recipe
Tofu	Soybean curd. The silky tofu is called Kinugoshi-dofu. The firm tofu is called Momen-dofu.	Photo: Tofu
Togarashi	Hot Japanese chile.
Tonkatsu	Pork cutlet.	Photo: Tonkatsu
Tsukemono	Indicates Japanese pickled vegetables. Various flavors.
Udon	A thick white wheat noodle.
Umeboshi	Pickled Japanese plums. It is extremely sour.
Unagi	Eel. Grilled eel is called Kabayaki.	Photo: Grilled eel
Uni	Sea urchin.

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