Learn to Cook Buddhist Cuisine with a Japanese Dietitian

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Buddhist cuisine is like Japanese traditional vegan cuisine.

Traditionally, Buddhist monks have this cuisine but nowadays it can be enjoyed by many people. Even if you're not vegan, I'm sure you will enjoy this meal.

We're going to cook Buddhist cuisine together following these rules.

• No animal ingredients
• No Smelly veggies (especially garlic and onion...etc)
• Include five colors in the meal (The colors are black, white, red, green and yellow)
• Include five testes (Salty, sweet, sour, bitter and hot/sharpness)
• Use five methods for the preparation of the dishes (Raw, steamed, deep-fried, roasted and simmered)

Buddhist cuisine has rules but you don't have to be worried! The recipes are not complicated; they're simple but nice, so let's enjoy it!

After the cooking session, I'm going to serve you matcha(ground green tea) with traditional Japanese confectioneries. I'm going to show you how to serve delicious matcha as well! Let's experience traditional Japanese lunch and tea time together!

Menu

• Brown rice with mushroom
• Sweet potato miso soup
• Japanese Quick pickles(Turnip)
• Sesame tofu with edamame sauce
• Carrot dressed with tofu
• Japanese style simmered pumpkin

The menu is seasonal, the school will update by time. 

Schema

• 11:30 am: Meet at Jiyūgaoka station main exit
• 12:00 pm:  Explain about Buddhist cuisine
• 12:15 pm: Let's start cooking!
• 1:00 pm: Time to enjoy your dish
• 1:45 pm: Time to enjoy Japanese confectioneries with matcha tea
• 2:30 pm: End of the cooking class and enjoy Jiyūgaoka area