Uzumizuzen

Uzumizuzen introduction

Uzumi is a Buddhist style dish in which tofu and shiitake mushrooms are topped with sumashiru made from shiitake mushrooms or kelp and filled with rice. Add condiments such as sesame, green onions, ginger, and yuzu. Uzumi is a local cuisine from Hirai Village, located in the deepest part of the Kozagawa basin of Higashimuro County, and is handed down only here. Kozagawa is adjacent to the former Oto Village (present-day Tanabe City) and former Hiokigawa Town (present-day Shirahama-cho), where the Murakami clan, who was expelled from the capital during the Jokyu War in 1221, escaped and reached it. The origin of 'Uzumi' is said to be the origin of 'Uzumi ryori' (tea kaiseki) in Kyoto, and because it is a luxurious taste using yuzu (yuzu), it is said that the Murakami family conveyed the customs from Kyoto to this area. It is said that the name 'Uzumi' came to be called because it swings rice into the soup. Before that, Hirai was originally said to have been a settlement that was opened by Heike no Oura after the Battle of Dannoura in 1185. It is said that the peasants ate hidden under the ingredients so that valuable white rice could not be found I have it. “Uzumi” is secretly transmitted to a mountain village near the source of Kozagawa. It is a simple dish made from kelp and shiitake with soup stock for shojin ryori, but it is fragrant and tasteful, white tofu, yuzu and ginger, and the color of green onions is beautiful. Chopped yuzu, white sesame seeds, grated ginger, and green onions are eaten as condiments as desired. The method of this dish is to put sumashiru in a bowl and then rice.

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• NameUzumizuzen
• Area Wakayama
• Kind of food Local cuisine

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