Ingredients: 4 small eggplants, each about 3 1/2 ounces (100g) 3 or 4 shiso leaves, finely shredded, optional Dressing 2 tablespoons pickled plum paste 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2 teaspoons maple syrup 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt Serves 4 Bring water and vinegar to a boil in a saucepan, then add sugar and salt and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat. Cool and use as a dipping sauce for vegetables. Keeps refrigerated up to 10 days.

1	Aromatic Baked Salmon
2	Autumn chestnut rice
3	Baked Onion Chicken Thighs with Umeboshi and Shiso
4	Bite-sized Pepper Steaks
5	California rolls
6	Chawan-mushi (egg custard)
7	Crabmeat with Wasabi Mayonnaise
8	Curry-flavored potato croquettes
9	Dashi, ponzu (Japanese cooking basics)
10	Deep-fried Chicken Nuggets (Tori no kara-age)
11	Deep-fried Yuba Rolls
12	Eggplant Salad with Lemon-flavored Plum Dressing
13	Flat Fish with Salt (Karei Shio-yaki)
14	Green Beans in Sesame Dressing (Ingen no goma-ae)
15	Grilled miso chicken
16	Hiyashi-chuuka (cold Chinese-style noodles)
17	Homemade natto (fermented soybeans)
18	Honeyed Chicken Breasts
19	Inside-out California Rolls
20	Japanese-style curry rice
21	Japanese-style potato salad
22	Japanese-style salad dressing
23	Kenchin-style Vegetable Soup
24	Korean Cellophane Noodles with Vegetables (Chapchae)
25	Marinated chicken wings
26	Matcha Fruit Bavarois
27	Miso soup variations
28	Naganegi Stuffed with Crabmeat
29	Nikujaga (beef and potato stew)
30	Okinawan sweet fritters
31	Oshinko (pickled Chinese cabbage)
32	Oyako-donburi (chicken and egg over rice)
33	Peanut cookies and chocolate chip cookies
34	Pork Spareribs
35	Preparing jumbo shrimp for nigiri-zushi
36	Scallops in Yuzu (Hotate Yuzu Kama-yaki)
37	Seaweed and Potato Patties
38	Shabu-shabu (quick-cooked beef)
39	Shiso Tofu
40	Shredded Daikon
41	Smoked Salmon with Edamame, Cherry, and Shiso
42	Sushi Rice (Sushi-Meshi)
43	Takoyaki (octopus balls)
44	Tempura
45	Tonkatsu (pork cutlet)
46	Tori no mizutaki (chicken stew)
47	Yaki-udon (Japanese Seafood Noodle Stir-fry)

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