Tororo Recipe

Grated yamaimo (Dioscorea opposita) is called tororo in Japanese. Tororo is served on soba noodles, sashimi, steamed rice, and so on. Here is a recipe to make tororo for serving on hot steamed rice.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb yamaimo
• 1/3 cup dashi
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp mirin

Preparation:

Heat dashi, soy sauce, and mirin in a sauce pan. When the liquid boils, stop the heat. Let it cool. Peel yamaimo and grate it into a mortar. Grind grated yamaimo with a wooden pestle well. Add seasoned dashi soup little by little in yamaimo, grinding with a pestle. Adjust the amount of soup to add, depending on the thickness of grated yamaimo. Serve into individual soup cups or serve over a bowl of steamed rice.
*makes 4 servings

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