Japanese•comfort
Ozoni (Zouni)
Japanese New Year soup with mochi rice cakes and vegetables.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups Dashi
- 1/2 cup Daikon radish (thin and skinny slices)
- 1/2 cup carrot (thin and skinny slices)
- 8 slices Kamaboko
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp Sake
- 1/4-1/2 tsp salt
- 8 Mochi
- 1/2 bunch Mitsuba (coarsely chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Heat Dashi in a pot at medium temperature and add Daikon radish, carrot and Kamaboko, and cook until vegetables become tender.
- 2
Meanwhile, bake Mochi in a toaster oven about 5 minutes until the Mochi has expanded and browned.
- 3
Season soup with soy sauce, Sake, and salt.
- 4
In a soup bowl, place baked Mochi and pour hot soup, then sprinkle with Mitsuba.