Ozoni -お雑煮 (Japanese New Year Soup)
Ozoni is a Japanese soup made with mochi and is traditionally eaten on in the morning of the New Year. Not only is it symbolic, it's packed with with veggies and will warm you up on a cold wintery morning! or revive you from the night before…
Ingredients
- 1 litre dashi stock
- 4 tbsp white miso
- 150 lotus root (sliced)
- 100 medium carrot (sliced)
- 10 cm daikon (quartered and sliced)
- 3 dried shiitake (rehydrated and sliced)
- 300 g tofu (cubed)
- 4 kiri mochi
Instructions
Making the Flower Shaped Lotus Root and Carrot.
- To make the flower shaped lotus root you'll need a sharp knife and some courage. Carefully make v-shaped notches in between the holes then round out the edges until it's smooth and resembles a flower petal. Slice into evenly sized pieces.
- To make flower shaped carrot peel and slice v-shaped notches around the carrot before slicing into evenly sized pieces.
Making the Soup.
- Start by preparing all your ingredients, don't forget to soak the shiitake mushrooms.
- Bring the dashi stock to a simmer and add in the sliced lotus root. Cook for 20 minutes then add the carrot, daikon, re-hydrated shiitake mushrooms, and tofu and cook for a further 10 minutes.
- Start grilling the mochi 5-10 minutes before the soup has finished cooking. You can do this using a grill or an air fryer. If you're using an air fryer cook it for 5-8 minutes at 190°C. Cook until the mochi has puffed up.
- Once the soup has finished cooking take it off the heat and add in 4 tablespoons of miso. Use a strainer or make the miso a smooth and pourable consistency. You can do this by mixing the miso with some hot dashi broth in a different bowl, then pour back into the dashi. This prevents lumps of miso from floating around in the soup.
- Serve the soup between 4 bowls and top with a piece of the grilled mochi. Enjoy and happy New Year!