Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, for the tanabata star festival jellied imitation crab and okra. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tanabata, also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshi matsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). I made Japanese traditional sweets Wagashi for Star festival "Tanabata"! clear jelly is called Kingyokukan.there are many kind of Kinghokukan sweets in.
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The ingredients needed to make For the Tanabata Star Festival Jellied Imitation Crab and Okra:
- Get 8 stick Imitation crab (kaori no hako)
- Take 3 Okra
- Make ready 1 Egg
- Make ready 1 piece measuring about 1/2 the size of your thumbtip ginger
- Make ready 550 ml Japanese dashi stock
- Prepare 1 tbsp Usukuchi soy sauce
- Get 1/2 tsp Salt
- Prepare 1 bag Kanten powder
Printable Tanabata Star Festival Streamers - Dave Seah. I was reading about Tanabata, the Japanese Star Festival, for the first time a couple nights ago. Tanabata has all the ingredients for a good festival: a poignant backstory about two lovers separated by the entire Milky Way. Tanabata, or the Star Festival, involves a Japanese tradition in which people write their wishes on small, colorful strips of paper (tanzaku) and hang them on the branches of a small decorative bamboo tree.
Steps to make For the Tanabata Star Festival Jellied Imitation Crab and Okra:
- Remove the bristles from the okra by rubbing it with salt, and blanch in boiling water. When they have cooled, cut them into 5~6mm rounds. Finely julienne the ginger.
- Take 6 of the imitation crab sticks and cut in half. Finely shred the remaining 2 sticks. Beat the egg well.
- Put the dashi stock into a saucepan and add the powdered kanten. While stirring, bring this to a simmer for about 2 minutes. When the kanten has fully dissolved, add the soy sauce and salt.
- Wet the bottom of a 18cm square mold. Pour enough stock mixture from step 3 to fill the mold to 3-5mm. Arrange the crab stick halves and the okra and evenly sprinkle the grated ginger.
- Heat the remaining broth from step 3, while stirring, add shredded crab sticks.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer, and using a perforated ladle, pour in the beaten egg in thin streams. Turn off the heat when cooked.
- Pour the mixture from step 6 over the arranged crab and okra in the mold. Set the mold in a shallow pan filled with ice water, and put into the refrigerator to cool for about 2 hours or until well set.
- When the jelly has set, run a toothpick around the perimeter to release, and invert the mold to remove the jelly. You may need to shake it hard to get it to release.
- Cut into bars of your desired size with a knife. (Here i cut 12 bars into 3x4cm) Serve on a plate and you are done.
If you're in Japan in July or August, you can attend Tanabata festivals all over the country. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Hikoboshi and Orihime - two celestial lovers represented by Altair & Vega and are usually separated by the Milky Way. Tanabata, also known as the 'Star Festival', is a Japanese celebration which takes place on the seventh day of the seventh month. However, the Tanabata dates vary between different regions.
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