What is Tonjiru?
[[Image:CodazziTonjiru1.jpg|right|200px]] '''Tonjiru''' is a Japanese soup. This soup is cooked to boil miso, potatoes, carrots, [[burdocks]] and pork. However, it is rare for Japanese people to use pork. Tonjiru is usually eaten warm, so it is popular during the winter. ==Recipe== The recipe consists of vegetables boiled in a soup stock flavored with miso. After the cooking is finished, the soup is then topped off with cut green onions. ==History== Tonjiru probably originated from the [[Meiji era]]. During the [[Asuka era]], the [[Imperial court]] banned people from eating meat. Boar meats however were not banned, and so they ate it as a [[Botannnabe]]. Therefore, it is said that Tonjiru is based on Botannnabe. ==Local ingredients== *Hokkaido - Potatoes, onions and butter *Aomori and Tohoku district - Sweet potatoes, Japanese parsley, Chinese yams, strings of [[konnyaku]] and Chinese cabbage *Kagoshima - Taro or sweet potatoes *Kochi - Ginger and Japanese ginger *Shimane - Sake lees *Miyazaki - [[Yuzu pepper]] *Nagano - Mushrooms *Chugoku district - Chinese cabbage *Kinki district - [[Bean sprouts]] *Kyushu district - A block of deep-fried bean curd ==References== 1. [http://www.soupedia.com/recipe/pork_miso_soup/ Soup Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209000847/http://www.soupedia.com/recipe/pork_miso_soup/ |date=2014-12-09 }} 2. [http://www.nelliemcgee.com/archives/cat2/nabe/post_77/ Hanamaru Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211162018/http://www.nelliemcgee.com/archives/cat2/nabe/post_77/ |date=2014-12-11 }} [[Category:Soups]] [[Category:Japanese food]]