I made fire!

I love Hijiki so much that I decided to make it on my own. And also my computer had broken down so that I needed something to do.
I was very excited to make it because it is so different from German food and is traditional Japanese.  It is fun to look for all the strange ingredients in the supermarket, which you will change into an edible dish.
What you need is dashi stock (you have to let a piece of konbu kelp sit in water for an hour), hijiki (dried kelp that looks like tiny little black tree branches), age doufu (deep fried tofu pockets), carrot, renkon (lotus root), soy sauce, sake, sugar, mirin.

Renkon - lotus root. It is rock hard! 

But when you cook it, it has a nice crunchy texture and tastes very mild.

 

I made it! I was so excited! And it was delicious ^^