121213 Himitsu no Arashi-chan (RECIPE) - Kimura Kaela's Pasta Dish!

[nijininare]

Tested Kimura Kaela's pasta recipe from the 2012.12.13 episode of Himitsu no Arashi-chan. I have to say it's a pretty simple and tasty dish!

Comments

[shynanigans]

Mm, this sounds delicious! It probably would do well with chicken, too, like you said. Protein can really give a dish a more "finished" feeling.

I had no idea about the mushroom thing--that it is no good to use them if they are moist. Since I do not eat them so often, not something very familiar with. But it is really good to know!

Thanks for sharing!

[coolohoh]

Well I won't say that they have definitely gone bad if the pack is moist. In the supermarket in Singapore a lot of the packs (sometimes, all! Well Sg is a really humid place but still...) end up moist because they don't package it properly.... BUT moisture is bad for mushrooms, they spoil easily when moist... so you have to make sure they didn't go bad. (Maybe repackage them once you get home - newspapers are good for soaking up moisture, or cook them ASAP.) If you're not sure whether the mushrooms are still good, or can't tell how bad mushrooms look like, best to just avoid packets with moisture in it.

[nijininare]

Listen to coolohoh! She's got background in science. My info on mushrooms comes from advice I got. Haha
I guess it's right to base it on the humidity too. :)

P.S. I shall add this info to the post! Haha.

[coolohoh]

Yeah food in Sg spoils fast because it's so hot and humid out :( Maybe that's why a lot of the packs have so many water droplets in it...

Well mine comes from mum's advice + practical mushroom choosing experience I guess haha. Moisture doesn't automatically mean they are bad, but it makes the shrooms go bad much faster so do watch out ;)

[coolohoh]

Oh! Mushroom stalks are like... the best part of the mushroom! Esp love the texture and taste

*waiting for photos of the dish* XD

[nijininare]

Right? So sad most Westernized Japanese cookbooks tell you to discard the stalks.If you soften them they're lovely.

[coolohoh]

EH! That's such a waste. True, I remember watching Aiba manabu and their old shows and they were cooking food that they usually throw away, and mushroom stalks was one of them. I was like... what? We just cook it normally together with the rest of the musroom. Esp for like button mushrooms, the stalk is pretty soft and doesn't even need to be softened.

There's a vegetarian dish where they use mushroom stalks to make mock meatballs. Just absolutely delicious. Love the mushrooms!

[nijininare]

I'll google that recipe. Sounds interesting. I LOVE MUSHROOMS <3

[coolohoh]

yay for photos! Ah... I prefer... 'thicker taste' pasta like those cream/tomato based, but this sounds nice. Might ask mum to give it a try since she made pasta with just oil + garlic for flavoring a few times recently. My sis might like this...

Hmm... mentsuyu is pretty common in SG (loads of Japanese food here yay!), Daiso has it too so if their country has Daiso maybe it'll have it? Ahhh mirin is a livesaver too! Mirin + soy sauce + sesame oil goes with any Chinese/Japanese type of noodles! And I dump a bit of mirin into the pot when I'm cooking veggies and stuff too. Ahhh rice/cooking wine is good too.

Gosh, this is making me so excited. I'm a foodie/glutton you see...

[nijininare]

Hi five from a fellow foodie!
Try it with your sister, some day then! :D My sis liked it. :D Maybe yours will too? Hahaha

Mentsuyu is my fav Japanese ingredient. I sometimes "cheat" the katsudon sauce with it. Haha. AND! I shall try that mirin + soy + sesame oil thing!

[spsn]

actually mushroom can last quite long, compared to those greenies esp., in the fridge (yes, even in SG). However, it won't survive more than 1 week because it'll get slimy and ugly (de-oxidized). They usually throw away the stalks because of aesthetic reason. I don't see any other reason other than it looks ugly if you include them.
Mentsuyu is a very handy to have on your pantry because it can work like soy sauce but give more mellow taste (as it's already mixed with dashi) and smell nicer (to me) LOL.

[nijininare]

I agree with the mentsuyu bit! Even with cold tofu just a splash of mentsuyu makes it better. Haha. <3 Very handy indeed.

And yup abut the ugly mushrooms. I sometimes freeze them after slicing to TRY and prolong the life but they end up wilting when I cook them. Haha. Mushrooms, so good yet so short lived.

Thank you for reading! :)

[lapetit_chou]

Thank you for sharing this. I tried it and it was really good! Oishii desu! It's really simple to make. Thank you again!

[nijininare]

Yay! Glad you tried this! I'm thinking of trying more recipes from ARASHI in the future. I'll post about it when I do. <3 Have a great weekend! :D