Spicy Pork and Eggplant

December 5, 2008 in today's bento
Tags: doubanjiang, Douchi, eggplant, Green Onion, pork, Shiso

Eggplant and pork cooked with doubanjang and douchi.  Chirimen for topping on the rice.

Mabo-Nasu and Fried Nagaimo bento

September 2, 2008 in today's bento
Tags: Douchi, Garlic, mabo-nasu, nagaimo, toban-jian, tororo

 
Today’s bento look like totally brown?
I just remembered that the grocery store nearby the office carries Nagaimo and I was really in the mood for it! By the way, don’t you think the English name of it is so crazy?
It is know as Tororo (photo is “Tororo Natto”) when brayed well.
I made garlic fry by diced nagaimo [...]

Potato Aonori, Eggplant with Douchi, and Ingen

August 8, 2008 in today's bento
Tags: aoniri, Douchi, Douchi jang, ingen, mabo-nasu, potato

 I tried “Douchi” for the first time for Eggplant stir-fry.
Mabo-Eggplant or Mabo-Tofu are my favourite and I have read the article Douchi is a must for those.
I’ve been cooking them by Douchi-Jang which is bottled paste, but this time, I tried real Douchi.
Less sweeter than the paste and really good!
It would be greater with ground pork, but [...]