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Japanese · Sauce / condiment
Gin-an Silver Sauce
A clear, gently salted dashi thickened with kuzu until it gleams like silver; spooned over steamed fish, tofu and savoury custards, it adds seasoning and sheen without masking delicate flavours.
- YieldServes 6 · About 1½ cups (360 ml)
- Hands-on15 min
- Total39 min
- Difficulty
Ingredients
dashi
- 420 mlcold water
- 8 gkombu
- 10 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)
sauce
- ½ tspsalt
- 1 tsplight (usukuchi) soy sauce
- 1½ tbspkuzu starch or cornstarch
- 1½ tbspcold water, for the starch
- 1 tspfresh ginger juice, lemon juice or grated yuzu rindoptional
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