Wasabi? What is it make from? Anybody know? From roots, stem or leave and the name of the plant? I like wasabi so much.
2006-08-20 04:40:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Wasabi is from the wasabi plant in Japan. It is Japanese horseradish, thereby making it a root. It is hard to grow, which makes fresh wasabi very exspensive. The wasabi we get here (US) in restaurants is made from a powder that is mixed with water to form the paste. "Real" wasabi is the root grated to form a paste.
2006-08-20 04:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by Kristen K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As its botanical name 'Wasabia japonica (Miquel) Matsumura' indicates, wasabi is an indigenous herb of Japan and mainly cultivated in cool plateau regions of Amagi district in the Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Pref. and Hotaka, Nagano Pref., or other overseas countries nowadays by transplantations.
Hon-wasabi Japanese horseradish - probably mostly of smashed, cheap and bulky part of the stem leaves (dispositional) of real wasabi, for almost aiming to a likeness texture/appearance by its fine particles (i.e. less rhizome part is included.)
2 Horseradish powdered, very cheap, pale white color and very bitter, which plays most part of the product
3 Corn oil thickening/viscosity adjustment
4 Salt for a sweetening and offer a substantial taste
5 Sorbitol as the sweetening agent
6 Cellulose binder, extender/filler
7 Flavor flavoring agent
8 Acidulant for souring
9 Colorants red rice malt ['beni-kouji' for red coloring], turmeric [yellow coloring and taste] and gardenia [orange yellow]
10 Thickener xanthan as a stabilizer and fastener
Product Name: Grated hon-wasabi (S&B), Net weight: 43g
Good for 1 year, keep in a cool and dark place, and in a refrigerator if opened
2006-08-20 11:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by hopeless_romantic_ang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasabi is a form of Japanese horseradish. It's the root which is ground up
2006-08-20 11:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
member of the cabbage family. Known as Japanese horseradish, its root is used as a spice and has an extremely strong flavor. Its hotness is more akin to that of a hot mustard than a chile pepper, producing vapors that burn the sinus cavity rather than the tongue. The plant grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan.
2006-08-20 11:47:19 · answer #4 · answered by Seven S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I appreciate your question as I wondering myself. I recently bought some wasabi peas...green peas supposedly coated with wasabi...and in the ingredients it only lists horseradish. Thanks to Kristin I now know why.
2006-08-20 11:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Shar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's made from a Japanese horseradish plant's roots.
2006-08-20 11:47:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is made from the root. Like horseradish
2006-08-20 11:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by computer illiterate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a variety of horseradish (root). Yummmm.
2006-08-20 11:58:36 · answer #8 · answered by Rackjack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welll From Some Kind of Plant in Japan ..Its Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Hot ...
I Really Dont Like it ...
Thanks For Asking
2006-08-20 11:58:25 · answer #9 · answered by Unique !! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chinese horseradish, its a root like normal horseradish...
2006-08-20 11:51:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋