Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, hokkaido's famous chikuwa bread. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Round off the dough and rest it for a while. Mix the canned tuna, finely chopped onion and mayonnaise, and season with salt and pepper. Chikuwa Isobeage, perhaps a mouthful to pronounce for non-Japanese speakers, is Tempura Chikuwa (a kind of fishcake) flavored with Aonori (dried seaweed flakes). This deep-fried dish is often a side dish item in commercial Bento, but also a great home-made appetizer that goes well with drinks.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hokkaido's famous chikuwa bread using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hokkaido's Famous Chikuwa Bread:

1. Take 160 grams Bread (strong) flour
2. Prepare 40 grams Cake flour
3. Get 20 grams Sugar
4. Take 3 grams Salt
5. Take 20 grams Butter
6. Get 145 grams combined Milk + egg
7. Get 3 grams Dry yeast
8. Get 8 stick Chikuwa
9. Make ready 1/2 can Canned tuna
10. Prepare 1/3 small Onion
11. Get 1 Mayonnaise
12. Prepare 1 dash Salt and pepper
13. Make ready 1 dash Aonori and egg wash (for glazing)

This milk bread recipe uses the tangzhong roux method which helps create a tender loaf of bread that's perfect with a bit of butter on it for breakfast! Hokkaido Milk Bread (Shokupan) Hokkaido Milk Toast (北海道牛奶麵包) was made with tangzhong (roux), most reliable method to make soft and fluffy breads. The bread can be kept for days and still very soft and fluffy. Best of all, the method is very natural, no chemicals needed.

Steps to make Hokkaido's Famous Chikuwa Bread:

1. Make the dough in a bread machine until the 1st rising is done. Round off the dough and rest it for a while.
2. Mix the canned tuna, finely chopped onion and mayonnaise, and season with salt and pepper.
3. Make a cut down one side of the chikuwa, and stuff with the Step 2 mixture.
4. Roll the dough out into a long, thin rope and wrap it around the filled chikuwa. Leave to rise (2nd rising) until it's 1.5 times its original size.
5. After the 2nd rising, brush the tops with egg wash (optional), and squeeze out a line of mayonnaise on top. Mist the bread and bake in a 200°C oven for 10-13 minutes.
6. Sprinkle on some aonori seaweed powder to taste, and they're done.
7. It's also delicious with a little ketchup and mustard.
8. So filling! Chikuwa bread.

The bread can be kept for days and still very soft and fluffy. Best of all, the method is very natural, no chemicals needed. Anko, or red bean paste, was already used in Japanese confectionery long before bread became mainstream. So, it is no surprise that Japan's first sweet bun was anpan. Red bean paste fills soft, sweet bread to make a tasty, unique Japanese treat.

Information on How to Elevate Your Mood with Food

For the most part, people have been trained to believe that “comfort” foods are terrible for the body and need to be avoided. But if your comfort food is candy or junk food this holds true. Other times, however, comfort foods can be completely healthy and it’s good for you to eat them. There are several foods that actually can improve your moods when you consume them. When you are feeling a little down and are needing an emotional pick-me-up, try a couple of these.

Eggs, you may be surprised to find out, are fantastic at fighting depression. Just be sure that you do not toss the yolk. Every time you would like to cheer yourself up, the yolk is the most crucial part of the egg. Eggs, specifically the yolks, are loaded with B vitamins. These B vitamins are terrific for helping to boost your mood. This is because they help in bettering the function of your neural transmitters, the parts of your brain that dictate your mood. Eat an egg and cheer up!

Make a trail mixfrom a variety of seeds and nuts. Almonds, cashews, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etcetera are all helpful for raising your mood. This is because these foods are rich in magnesium, which helps to increase your production of serotonin. Serotonin is called the “feel good” chemical substance and it tells your brain how you should be feeling day in and day out. The more serotonin you have, the more pleasant you are going to feel. Not only that, nuts, specifically, are a fantastic source of protein.

Cold water fish are excellent for eating if you wish to fight depression. Cold water fish including tuna, trout and wild salmon are chock full of DHA and omega-3s. These are two substances that increase the quality and function of the gray matter in your brain. It’s true: chomping on a tuna fish sandwich can really help you fight back depression.

Some grains are really excellent for fighting off bad moods. Barley, quinoa, millet, teff, etc are all wonderful for helping you feel happier. These grains can help you feel full for longer also, helping you feel better. Feeling hungry can truly bring you down! The reason these grains are so great for your mood is that they are not difficult to digest. You digest these grains faster than other foods which can help promote your blood sugar levels, which, in turn, helps make you feel happier, mood wise.

Your mood can really be helped by green tea. You just knew green tea had to be included in this article, right? Green tea is packed full of an amino acid referred to as L-theanine. Research has found that this amino acid promotes the production of brain waves. This will improve your brain’s concentration while simultaneously loosening up the rest of your body. You already knew that green tea helps you become better. Now you know that applies to your mood as well!

You can see, you don’t need to eat junk food or foods that are not good for you to feel better! Try these hints instead!