If you’re vegan and looking for a simple Japanese rice dish, you’ve got to try Wakame Gohan (Seaweed Rice, わかめごはん) 🍙💚 This is classic Japanese dish and we always have it for school lunches. You can even find Wakame Gohan Onigiri at convenience store!
50 minutes
10min prep+rice cooking 40min~
Nozomi&Mirai | Plant-Based Sis
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When scaling the recipe, the ratios of some ingredients may require slight adjustments. Adjust as necessary and season to taste.
- 2 cups Rice (uncooked, soaked beforehand *Japanese standard)
- 2 tbsp Dried wakame seaweed
- as needed Water
- 2 tbsp Toasted white sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp Mirin
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Japanese soup stock powder (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1
Rinse the rice.
- 2
Soak dried wakame in water until soft, squeeze out excess water, and chop it finely.
- 3
Add the rinsed rice, mirin, and salt into the rice cooker.
- 4
Fill with water up to the 2-cup line and cook as usual.
- 5
Once cooked, add the wakame and toasted sesame seeds, then mix gently.
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Tips & Notes
・Sometimes, katsuobushi-dashi is included in Japanese soup stock powder. If you are vegan, have allergies or want to avoid fish, double check beforehand! Also, if you want to have Wakame Gohan Onigiri at convenience store, be careful as well. (It's not always listed on the label.)< br> In Japan, 2 cups of rice weigh 300g, and 2 cups of water equal 360–400 ml. *Note that a standard Japanese 'cup' (合, go) is 180ml, which is smaller than a US cup.
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We are Japanese sisters sharing the beauty of plant-based Japanese home cooking. Japanese cuisine has many dishes that can be made naturally vegan or easily adapted using plant-based ingredients. Drawing from our Japanese roots and everyday cooking experience, we create simple, approachable recipes that make Japanese food enjoyable for everyone. Nozomi lives in Japan, and Mirai lives in Australia. With perspectives from both inside and outside Japan, we focus on recipes that are practical, accessible, and easy to recreate at home. We hope our recipes inspire you to enjoy Japanese plant-based cooking in your daily life. Thank you for reading and cooking with us 🌿 Arigatou gozaimasu 🙇♀️