How have you been spending the holiday? In Japan we usually have the new year holiday from the new year eve until the first weekend of January, which was the 3rd this year.
There are some traditional things to do in the holiday. We eat soba noodles on the new year eve and have a special brunch called 'osechi' and 'zoni' on the new year day. It usually takes a few days- weeks to cook the osechi so recently many people buy the cooked ones at supermarkets.
Some people go to a shrine for a new year wish. There are some new year entertainment and games such as kites, Japanese card games, calligraphy and top spinning.
Today I cooked small prawns. The prawns are called 'hokkai shima ebi' from Hokkaido.
Ingredients:
small prawns
flour (1-2 tbps)
oil
lemon (1/2)
1- Coat the prawns with flour.
2- Deep fry 1 and squeeze the lemon when it's cooked.
The whole prawns become crunchy so you don't need to peel.
Itadakimasu.
