Dashi broth

Name: Dashi broth
Yield: Makes 1 litre (1¾ pints).
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) konbu seaweed; 1 litre (1¾ pints) water; 25 g (1 oz) bonito flakes

Preparation info

Makes
1 litre

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

First, make your dashi (or buy instant dashi at a Japanese supermarket). Then, a beautiful, simple, aesthetically pleasing Japanese meal is only minutes away.

Ingredients

1 litre (1¾ pints) water
25 g (1

Asia
Japan
Stock
Pescatarian

Method

Add konbu to cold water in saucepan and slowly heat the water. Remove konbu just before the water reaches boiling point. Add bonito flakes, remove from the heat as soon as the water boils, and strain.