Japanese Food 100 – #61 Kayakugohan

Kayakugohan, Japanese food

Kayakugohan may also be called as Takikomigohan in Tokyo area.
(Kayakugohan is for Kansai-Osaka Area)

This is a rice dish that various ingredients are cooked together with rice.
Typical ingredients are carrot, burdock, mushrooms, fried tofu, Konnyak and chicken.
Dashi broth and soy sauce are added for flavoring.

Seasonal food is also used for Kayakugohan such as bamboo shoot for spring, edamame or corn for summer, various mushrooms or chestnut for autumn and oyster for winter.
Fish is also used as one of the ingredients.
Sea bream, salmon or yellow tail are often used.

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