RE: Mikku powder
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Got the Wagamama cookbook yesterday, and am giving Yasai Itame a try today. It's a bit fiddly really, in terms of having to buy a whole load of ingredients I didn't have in, but hopefully it will be good, it's our favourite dish in Wagamama. Got a couple of issues with the recipe though, one of the "ingredients" is "coconut ginger sauce", which is a recipe in it's own right. In [em]that[/em] recipe one of the stages says "add the mikku powder (see page 14)". There's no mention of mikku powder in the ingredients, and no mention of it on page 14 either, what's going on? In this discussion on handbag.com they've had the same problems, maybe it's a typo and it's miso powder or something? Maybe I'll write and complain, we might get some vouchers or something...
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2007 :: Comment / reply
I have the cookbook too, and Itame is also my favourite dish at Wagamamas. Tried to make it, and struggled with the "missing mikku".
I've actually been advised by a friend from Hong Kong that a good substitute that is generally available from good chinese grocers is called "Ve-Tsin" or "Vetsin". It comes in a pretty gold and blue tin, and is exactly the same thing as Mikku.
As per the previous post, it is basically MSG mixed with table salt. If you are worried about it, leave it out, but it's a naturally occurring molecule in foods such as seaweed, hence the japanese connection. I've used Ve Tsin, and it's really great.
lozzlozzlozzlozz :: 23 Feb :: 2010 :: Comment / reply
Hi
Mikku powder is MSG so won't really matter if you leave it out - just supposed to enhance the flavour but most people prefer to avoid it for health reasons.
Helen Bowen :: 30 Jun :: 2008 :: Comment / reply
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