Which ingredients should I use?

Tips on what to buy.

• Short-grain rice: Shirakiku Koshihikari

• Mochigome sweet sticky rice: Hakubai

• Dashi stock: Ajinomoto Hondashi

• Umeboshi: Eden

• Japanese Curry Roux: CoCo Ichibanya

• Worcestershire sauce: Lea & Perrins

• Pickled daikon radish: Eden

• Awase miso: Miko

• Sweet red bean paste: Shirakiku

Also check out our tips for these Japanese kitchen essentials:

• We use a versatile Santoku chef's knife, a must have for any Japanese kitchen...we've reviewed some of the best brands here

• A good rice cooker is a staple appliance for any Asian kitchen, that's why we recommend these...

Some easy to use substitutes so anyone can make these dishes, no matter where you are in the world:

• Dashi substitutes

• Soy sauce substitutes

• Worcestershire substitutes

• Daikon substitutes

• Miso substitutes

• Mirin substitutes

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