Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan is 4 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

This is one of the traditionally popular ‘Takikomigohan’ dishes in Japan, but I didn't cooked it for a long time. Because it was too hard to find Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu) in Australia. Not any more! If you like traditional Japanese cuisine’s delicate flavour, you will enjoy this dish.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan:

1. 2 cups (*180ml cup) Japanese Short Grain Rice
2. 1 Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu)
3. 1 small Carrot
4. 400 ml Dashi Stock *OR Water and 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder
5. 1/2 teaspoon Salt
6. 1 tablespoons Soy Sauce
7. 1 tablespoon Sake (Rice Wine)
8. 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
9. Toasted Sesame Seeds

Instructions to make to make Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan

1. Wrap Abura-age with paper towel and warm in the microwave. Then press it to remove excess oil if required. This process is optional.
2. Cut Abura-age and Carrot into small pieces. Today I cut Carrot into strips using a vegetable slicer.
3. Wash Rice by stirring it thoroughly in water with your hand and drain the water. Repeat this a few more times until water flows through clear.
4. Place it into the rice cooker’s inner pot and add Dashi Stock, Salt, Soy Sauce and Sake (Rice Wine). Add extra Water, if necessary, to make up to the 2-cups-marking. Gently stir.
5. Place Abura-age and Carrot pieces over the rice evenly. Press ‘COOK’ button to start cooking. When the rice is cooked, let it steamed for 10 minutes. Then loosen and mix gently.
6. Sprinkle with some finely chopped Spring Onion and Toasted Sesame Seeds on top and enjoy.

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