18 Aug 2010

Boiled potato with satsuma-age


Yesterday Japan had a record highest temperature in the last three years and Tokyo was over 38 degrees. That means it was over 40 degrees outside the shade. Already 100 people have been killed by heat stroke in a month just in Tokyo, and more than 90% of them died during their sleep at night.

The situation wouldn't have been as bad if night time was at least under 25 degrees. The outside temperature these days in the mid-night is around 27 degrees so it is about 30 inside. It could kill you without A/C and enough water before sleeping..
Ingredients:
satsuma-age (fried fish cake- photo)
potato
carrot
soy sauce (2tbsps)
mirin (2tbsps)
sugar (1tsp)
sesame oil

1- Peel the potatoes and carrot. Cut them and the satsuma-age.

2- Stir fry the satsuma-age with some sesame oil and put it away on a plate. Stir fry 1 in the same pan.

3- Add water till it just covers the ingredients. Put mirin and sugar in, then boil.

4- Add the satuma-age and soy sauce. Boil until it has no water.

Itadakimasu.