Ingredients:
2 cups raw Japanese-style rice
2 1/2 cups water

How to Cook:

1. Put the rice in a bowl and wash it with cold water.
2. Repeat washing until the water becomes clear.
3. Drain the rice in a colander and set aside.
4. Place the rice in a pan or rice cooker and add water.
5. The amount of water used is just a little more than the amount of rice.

Fried Rice

Fried Rice

Ingredients:
 2 cups cooked Japanese rice (*left over rice is the best)
1/4 cup chopped onion
 1/4 cup chopped carrot
 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/3 cup diced ham
 2 eggs
1/2 tsp garlic salt
 1 tsp chicken bouillon
 2 tbsp soy sauce
 2 tsp vegetable oil

Tempura Shrimp

Ingredients:
12 large shrimps
 1 egg
1 cup ice water
 1 cup all purpose flour
 Vegetable oil for frying

How to Cook:
 Peel shrimp and make a couple incisions on the stomach side so that it stays straight.
Beat an egg in a bowl.
Add ice water in the bowl.
 Add flour in the bowl and mix lightly.

Basic Tempura Batter

Basic Tempura Batter

Ingredients:
 1 egg
1 cup ice water
1 cup all purpose flour

How to Cook:
Beat an egg in a bowl.
Add ice water in the bowl.
Add flour in the bowl and mix lightly.
Makes 4 servings
Be sure to use very cold water.
Do not overmix the batter.

Tentsuyu

Tentsuyu
Ingredients:
2 cup dashi soup stock
1/2 cup mirin
 1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
How to Cook:
Mix all ingredients in a pan.
 Put the pan on high heat and bring the sauce to a boil.
 Cool the sauce.

Yakisoba

Yakisoba

3 packages yakisoba noodles
* 1 carrot
* 1/4 of a small cabbage
* 1/4 pound pork
* 1/3 cup yakisoba sauce
*or seasoning packages which come with yakisoba noodles
* Beni-shoga (red ginger)
* Ao-nori (green seaweed)

Oyako Donburi

Oyako Donburi

1/2 lb raw chicken cut from bone (1 large breast)
5 eggs
flour
1 c water
3 dried mushrooms
1/4 c sugar
1/3 c Japanese-type soy sauce
2 scallions, cut diagonally or one onion, sliced
2 c chopped fresh spinach
Cut chicken into small pieces. Beat in a bowl the eggs.

Shumai (gyoza)

Shumai

Also known as gyoza.
24 wonton skins
300 g lean ground beef
2 tbsp fresh grated ginger root
2 tbsp finely chopped green onion
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp sugar
1½ tbsp sesame oil
2½ tbsp corn starch
2 tbsp green peas
Mix ginger root, onion, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and corn starch and add the mix to
the lean ground beef.