japanese potato recipe?

[spook 0]

this sounds crazy but someone on here should know. i'm looking for a recipe for a potato dish i used to eat all the time in hokkaido, but i can't remember the name of the dish

 

it's boiled baby potatoes in a thick sweet/soy type sauce. from memory there might even have been black sesame seeds as a garnish? they were served in a little bowl, 2 potatoes or so per person.

 

if you all think i'm crazy and would rather read about 2pints' boss' sex habits, then fine, but if someone could help that would be cool. and if it turns out well, i will make extra and throw some into my bin for any visiting freegans

[bushpig 0]

I dunno. Are you thinking of niku jaga?? Did it have other stuff like konyaku and meat in with it?

[thursday 1]

 Originally Posted By: Bushpig

I dunno. Are you thinking of niku jaga?? Did it have other stuff like konyaku and meat in with it?

Like this???

[soubriquet 0]

I do a shitkicking potato curry. Don't thik that's what you want though

[spook 0]

nup. not niku jaga. i also remember it being called jaganiku, but maybe that was just some slang. my old boss used to like mixing things up and joking around to confuse us.

it's hurting my head trying to remember it, but i have an inkling that it might be in a diary at home. if i find out i'll let you crew know, cos it it joy.

thanks for the suggestions anyway!

[excuse me 0]

It's not "daigaku imo" is it? That is sweet potato I think and I think it's more than boiled.....

[spook 0]

thanks excuse me. that could be it, but with different potatoes perhpas? is daigaku imo only eaten for desert though?

[iiyamadude 6]

daigaku imo - love it

 

[spook 0]

yeah, i think that's it. i will try it tonight and report back

[indosnm 0]

 Originally Posted By: iiyamadude

daigaku imo - love it

I love dat shiat!

[spook 0]

ok, i made it and it was good. i put in alot less sugar than the recipe called for, so it was semi-savoury, but still thick sauce and a bit sweet. so not sure if we're talking bout the same thing still. anyway, it was delish

 

is daigaku imo super sweet like candy, or just slightly sweet like, say, a sweeter teriyaki sauce?

 

no leftovers for freegans either...

[happyhappy 0]

I really like them.

But I definitely want more than 2!

[thursday 1]

recipe dude

[spook 0]

this is for the sweet one

http://www.recipezaar.com/26891

 

i used a couple of teaspoons of sugar and a good few glugs of soy and a dash of water and made a slightly savory version (that's how i remember it tasting - or maybe it was a different dish altogether?!)

[thursday 1]

thanks, I'm gonna give it a try.

[spook 0]

i boiled little new potatoes, then drained them and gave them a quick fry, then poured the sauce in and le it thicken. sprinkle sesame seeds on top. pretty tasty

[thursday 1]

now, using new potatoes would be different to using sweet pototoes. I guess that's why it was less sweet and more savoury.

 

 

[spook 0]

yup, but that's how i remember eating them. it musta been another recipe, but damned if i can find it. i even asked a japanese lady in my office, but she had no idea what i was talking about.

but the japanese family i worked/lived with in hokkaido would cook this dish at least once a week

[thursday 1]

yeah Hokkaido potatoes are great. I also like the Idaho potatoes.

[indosnm 0]

I just buy em from te supermarket

[veronica 2]

I haven't had any of that daigaku imo for a long time but I remember really liking it. I'll have to hunt some out when I go shopping tonight.

[LadyMoonlight 0]

Oooh, me too yummy