Japanese Spring Dishes

From Setsuko Yoshizuka, former About.com Guide

What are spring delicacies in Japanese cooking? Here are popular springtime dishes.

Hinachirashi is a kind of chirashizushi (scattered sushi) for Japanese Girl's Day. Colorful toppings represent the seasons of spring.

It's a salad made with celery slices and boiled cabbage. Aburaage adds a nice texture to this salad.

Ichigo daifuku are Japanese daifuku cakes with strawberry and anko fillings.

Layered pork and cabbage are steamed with sake. The sweetness of cabbage and the rich flavor of pork is a good combination.

Nanohana are rapeseed plants which are widely eaten as spring greens in Japan. Boiled nanohana plants are dressed with karashi mustard dressing.

Cabbage is often cooked with canned tuna. It's a quick dish to make with spring cabbage.

New potatoes are called shinjaga in Japanese and are in season during spring. New potatoes are often cooked whole.

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