Chazuke
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Chazuke or ochazuke is a simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea, dashi, or hot water over cooked rice. Toppings are often added; common toppings include furikake, nori, sesame seeds, scallions
Chazuke topped with unagi, nori and mitsuba
Chazuke with teapot and garnishes
Chazuke with umeboshi (salted plum)
Chazuke with nori and hamaguri clams
Umeboshi
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Umeboshi are pickled ume fruits common in Japan. Umeboshi is often translated as 'salted Japanese plums', 'Japanese plums' or 'preserved plums'. Ume is a species of fruit-bearing tree in the genus Pru
Chazuke
…over cooked rice. Toppings are often added; common toppings include furikake, nori (seaweed), sesame seeds, scallions, tsukemono (pickled vegetables), umeboshi (pickled plum), shiokara (pickled seafood), tarako (salted and marinated pollock roe), salted salmon, and wasabi. Chazuke provides a way to use leftover…
Umeboshi, dry pickled
Umezuke, wet pickled
Umeboshi being dried in the sun
Plate of umeboshi