Remember Japan

Here's an easy Japanese recipe called Ocha-Zuke. It's a common snack in Japan. Enjoy this rice-dish with your family and remember the families in Japan that are suffering so much right now. Say a prayer together for them as you join together to eat.

Ocha-Zuke

Salmon fillet
1/4 Nori sheet
1 1/4 cups Japanese short grain rice, cooked
1 1/2 cups water
1 Tbsp Sencha leaves (a kind of loose green tea)
1 tsp wasabi paste (from a tube or dry, mixed with water)
4 tsp shoyu (similar to soy sauce)
salt

1. Salt the salmon fillet and allow to sit for 30 minutes.

2. Wipe the salt off the salmon with paper towel and broil the fish for about five minutes, or until cooked through. Remove skin and bones, then flake the fish with a fork.

3. Cut the nori sheet into thin strips about an inch long.

4. Place equal amounts of rice in soup bowls or rice bowls. Place equal amounts of the salmon on top of the rice.

5. Put the green tea in a teapot and cover with hot water (barely boiling). Allow to steep 45 seconds to 1 minute. Strain the tea, the pour over the top of the rice and salmon. Add some nori and wasabi to the top of the rice, then trickle some shoyu on and serve.

From: The Complete Book of Japanese Cooking, the Traditions, Ingredients and Recipes