what type of rice do Japanese people eat?

Question

Do they eat brown rice or white rice?

How do they cook it, is it boiled or steamed?

what veggies do the eat with it, would these work:
Broccoli
carrots
bell pepper
zucchini
squash
celery
carrots
(please list more if you know some super healthy veggies)
I want super healthy stuff!!!

Also what is meso, and leaks?

Answer 1

you can buy this type of 'calrose rice' at almost all grocery store. (20lbs, $8~$10)
http://www.veryasia.com/bocari.html

basically we eat white rice. but lots of japanese like to mix with barley or millet. you just add some when you boil rice. and some japanese like brown rice too.

we dont steam rice but boil or just use rice cooker. (you can buy at asian store $20~)
http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Rice%20Cookers%20%26%20Steamers

about miso (miso is not soy sauce)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso

about leek
leek = welsh onion, green onion is one of the leek (you can get anywhere 3~6bunches for $1)

about miso soup recipe
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/misosoup/r/misosouptofu.htm

you need japanese soup stock too (no taste without soup stock, be careful)
http://www.amazon.com/Ajinomoto-Dashi-Soup-Stock-5-28/dp/B0002YB40O

about veggies
daikon radish (you can get almost anywhere, you can use for miso soup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon
nira chinese chive (you can get at asian store, very healthy, for stir-fry, soup, dumpling, egg roll etc...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic_chives
beansprouts, eggplant, green bean, broccoli, carrot... etc.
those are match with soy sauce. n_n

Answer 2

1, Saba (mackerel), sardine (not the canned one of course), tuna (mostly sushi) 2. I don't know what japanese rice called in America. Japanese got quite brands for that, like hitomibore, koshihikari, etc 3. Most veggies?? Nasu (japanese black eggplant), peas, etc etc... quite common actually. Japanese meal? Try udon and soba. Also try their sushi (not fusion type), donburi (rice bowl meal), omuraisu (omelette rice), etc

Answer 3

japanese people, much like the rest of the world eat all kinds of rice including short grain sticky rice, brown rice and jasmine rice.

any vegetables in any combination go well with rice.

leeks are a type of onion.

miso is another name for soy sauce.

some additional veggies - jicama, cauliflower, beans, string beans, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, peas,
sprouts of any kind, scallions, onions, garlic

rice can be boiled or steamed. i've even done it in the microwave.

Answer 4

Are you talking about Japanese people from Japan?Japenese from Japan eat primarily white rice that's cooked in a rice cooker or pot of boiling water.

My husband is Japanese (4th generation in Hawaii) and we eat brown rice (since it's healthier for you).

As far as what veggies they eat it with, they eat rice with everything. What are you trying to make? Some sort of stir fry or something?

Miso is fermented beans that are made into a paste and used to make soup with (along with tofu) and leeks are a root vegetable that you can get at most asian stores (unless you're from Hawaii like I am and you can get them at any grocery store).

As far as healthly veggies, all vegtables are healthy for you. It's how you cook them and what you cook them with that causes them to lose their nutrional value.

Hope that helps.....

Good luck and happy cooking!

Answer 5

Have you ever eaten Japanese rice?
It is the most delicious rice in the world.
But It is very expensive.

Answer 6

The rice eaten in Japan is "Japonica" rice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rice

Veggies vary.
Cabbage, Japanese eggplant, radish, bean sprout, tomato, beans, cucumber, Japanese pumpkin, potato, bamboo shoot, burdock root, lotus root, etc.

Answer 7

white and steamed

and yes all those veggies would work!! yummmm

have u ever heard of bok choy? it's a yummy veggie as well

a leek is a veggie...look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek

Answer 8

All of the above..