Shōjin ryōri Buddhist Cuisine Vegan Cooking

Experience one of Japan’s most unique cooking styles, Shojin Ryori, which will surely put your heart, soul, and tummy at peace while eating delicious dishes. Shojin ryori is the art of cooking simple dishes. It generally uses minimal seasoning and solely uses vegetables as its main ingredients. Because of this, most vegans and vegetarians enjoy this cuisine. A meal often consists of a soup and three dishes. Some temples strictly follow a rule wherein you will only use select vegetables given on that day.

<< HIGHLIGHT and CONTENT OF THE CLASS >>

• Prepare and make Shojin cuisine

• All ingredients are available to use for the recipes

• Vegetarian friendly

• Make plant based Japanese dishes (Tororomushi (a steamed mix of grated daikon and Japanese yam), Vegetarian pressed sushi topped with ‘egg’ (made from tofu), Deep-fried vegetable skewers, Sautéed seasonal vegetable steaks, Miso soup (Made from kombu (seaweed), no bonito flakes used)

• No Onions, Garlics

• No MSG or additives

• Get a recipe