Hi,
I keep kosher and I make my own vegetarian dashi with kombu and shiitake which works well.
When I come across recipes that use dashi granules and water I substitute dashi for both, but in recipes where it's just dashi granules and no water I don't know what to substitute with.
Any ideas? I saw I could make a dashi concentrate but I have no clue how to do that.
Alternatively if anyone know of any instant dashi with a kosher supervision that would be great too.
This is an example of recipe I'd like to make:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DArjmUeSSVX/?img_index=5
Thanks!
by SpigiFligi
5 Comments
Is MSG powder kosher? The effect on the recipe is going to be similar to the kombu and shiitake dashi you’re using, albeit without the mushroom flavor. Maybe there’s some sort of powdered mushroom flavoring and you could add some MSG to that.
Maybe dehydrate both the kombu and the mushrooms and grind them up really finely to use as a substitute?
I’ve seen a YouTuber blitzing up dried konbu in a small food processor and mixing it with salt.
They make dashi granules that are just konbu or shiitake. I got the shiitake one from my nearby Mitsuwa.
If you don’t have access to a Japanese market, you should get some results just looking up konbu or shiitake dashi no moto.
In dashi, The kombu adds MSG. The fish flakes add what’s called inosinate and guanylate. These are nucleic acids which basically just increase the perception of MSG. You can buy inosinate and guanylate in powdered form. The fish is also smoked so you could use some smoked salt or something.