When pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk, the resulting pulp is called okara. This side dish is also called “unohana” but “okara” is more common. The okara is great for your health, especially for women. Okara has lots of fiber, lecithin, saponins, and isoflavones, many of which are great anti-aging nutrients, and they make your skin look fresh and clean.

Yield: 4 servings
Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 lb Okara
2 dried shiitake mushrooms
1/3 cup chopped carrots
1/3 cup chopped konnyaku
1/4 cup green onion
Spices

2.5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1.5 cup shitake water (rehydrate dried shitake in a bowl of water and retain)
2 tbsp sake
1 tbsp mirin
dash salt

Preparation

Mix shitake water, soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar in a small bowl
Heat oil in a frying pan and stir-fry carrot, konnyaku and shitake mushroom for three minutes
Add okara and stir for 5 minutes
Add mixed spices and stir until water evaporates
Add salt
Add green onion, and serve
(Okara is delicious served warm or cold)

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