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Hojicha in a Pot

How to Make Hojicha in a frying pan on Stovetop

Making your own hojicha does not require any skill. All you need is sencha or shiraore (old or new) in your pantry and a frying pan. There are only four steps required.

1 Heat a frying pan; once it becomes hot, turn off the heat and place the pan on a damp towel for two seconds.
2 Place the pan on the oven without heat and put sencha, then cover for two minutes. 
3 Turn on the oven on high flame. Stir it with a wooden spatula for 30 to 60 seconds or until its colour changes brown and nice roasted aroma comes out from the leaves; turn off the heat.*Turn on a ventilating fan as smoke will rise.
4 Spread it onto a paper towel to cool it down.
5 To taste freshly-made hojicha, place it into a teapot, pour boiled water and brew for 30 seconds. 

Genmaicha

Let’s make your own genmaicha by roasting rice to add into your favorite green tea!

Kohakuto

Make this traditional Japanese sweet, kohakuto for your next tea party!

Frothy Matcha Latte

Hojicha Latte

Preparation time: 5 minutes

  • 1 heaped tbsp hojicha leaves
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup milk for latte
  • ¼ cup milk for forming
  • 1tbsp caster sugar
  • One small hojicha leaf for decoration
  1. Boil water in a pan; add hojicha leaves. Simmer for 1 minute.
  2. Add milk and sugar; Stir once and simmer for 3 minutes.
  3. Microwave milk in cup for 1 minute; form using a milk steamer.
  4. Set a tea strainer on cup; pour tea.
  5. Add formed milk; decorate a tea leaf in the centre.

Note: Hojicha has less caffeine than other tea so you can drink any time of a day.

Japanese Tea Dorayaki Pancake

Japanese sweet for everyone.
Preparation time: 5 minutes: Cooking time: 20 minutes

  • 90g plain flour
  • 1tsp finely ground sencha
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • 30g sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 tsp mirin *Mirin is a Japanese sweet seasoning.
  • 100cc milk
  • 1 packet sweet bean paste
  1.  Preheat a frying pan.
  2. Sift flour, finely ground sencha and baking powder in a bowl.
  3. Add sugar, egg and mirin into mixture.
  4. Add milk to dough; mix well.
  5. Drop a spoonful of dough onto the heated frying pan.
  6. Fry each side for one minute.
  7. Take out the pancake and keep it in a damped towel.
  8. Repeat for the rest of dough.
  9. Place sweet bean paste on a pancake and cover with another pancake. 

Sencha Miso

Perfect for BBQ, grill and fry. Goes well with fish.
Preparation time: 10 minutes

  • 5g sencha
  • 60g red miso paste
  • 50g brown sugar
  • 50cc mirin *Mirin is a sweet sake used as seasoning.
  1. Mix all the ingredients well in a bowl.
  2. Shift mixture into a pan and heat on slow flame.
  3. When it starts to bubble and becomes shiny, turn off heat.

Green Tea Tiramisu

‘East-Meets-West’ dessert! Preparing in individual glasses keeps leftover tiramisu nice and clean.
Preparation time: 15 minutes: Refrigeration time: 4 hours

  • 100g caster sugar
  • 20 sponge fingers
  • 2 tsp finely ground sencha (Yutakamidori), sifted
  • 6tsp warm water
  • 1 pack Mascarpone cheese
  • 300g fresh cream
  • Finely ground sencha (Yutakamidori) and caster sugar for dust
  1.  In a flat plate, mix finely ground sencha and warm water to make paste.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix mascarpone and sugar.
  3. In another bowl, whip fresh cream; add into cheese mixture.
  4. Dip a sponge finger in finely ground sencha paste at a time; place in a serving plate (20x20x5cm) in order to make a bottom layer.
  5. Cover bottom layer with a half of the cheese mixture.
  6. Dip a sponge finger in finely ground sencha paste at a time; place them on top of step5.
  7. Pour rest of cheese mixture on top of the second layer of sponge fingers.
  8. Keep it in a fridge at least four hours.
  9. Take out from fridge and dust the top with finely ground sencha and sugar.