Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Recipe
Takenoko gohan (rice with bamboo shoots) is a simple, rice dish flavored with Japanese seasonings and mixed with bamboo shoots. I also added aburaage (deep fried tofu) and konnyaku in this recipe. This dish is easy to prepare as vegetarian if you use konbu dashi instead of regular dashi as one of the Japanese seasonings.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Main Ingredients
- 250 grams bamboo shoot (~1/2 lb)
- 90 grams konjac (konnyaku) (~3 ounces)
- 2 pieces of deep fried tofu
- 450 grams washed rice (~1 lb)
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp cooking alcohol
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (add more according to your taste)
- 1 tsp dashi
- 600 mL water
Ingredient Preparation
Slice the bamboo into small bite-sized pieces
Slice the konnyaku into small bite-sized pieces
After cutting the konnyaku, wash it with water
Slice the deep fried tofu pieces into thin slices
Soak the sliced deep fried tofu pieces in hot water for 2-3 minutes
Wash the rice multiple times and remove the milky colored water
Add the rice into a pressure cooker pot
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Sauce
Add the sugar, cooking alcohol, mirin, soy sauce, dashi and water into the pressure cooker pot with the rice
Finally, add the sliced bamboo, konnyaku and deep fried tofu pieces into the same pressure cooker pot
Cook on low pressure for 12 minutes (or follow your pressure cooker's "rice" cooking program)
Open the pressure cook and mix everything well
Serve and enjoy
Keyword Bamboo, Rice, Takenoko