Japanese New Year’s Feast ー お節料理

Healthy Japanese Food

Japanese New Year’s Feast

Celebrating new year is the most important event for Japanese people.

Visit parents, family gather, and eat special feast like Thanksgiving and. Christmas.

Traditional foods for new year are Kuromame(sweetened black soybean), Datemaki(rolled egg omlette), Gomame(small sardine) Kurikinton(sweetened chestnut), Kamaboko(steamed fish cake),, Kazunoko(herring eggs), Namasu(pickled turnip, carrot, and dried persimmon), Subasu(sour lotus), Kobumaki(rolled Kobu seaweed), Nishime(bamboo shoot, carrot, burdock, vegetables)fish, shrimp, and more. 

Usually put all dishes in Jubako, three layered boxes and put on a dinner table that the family can serve food by themselves.

There are varieties of ingredients. You can cook less fat, less salt, and less sugar at home today.  Some people eat Chinese style Osechi and others eat western style Osechi.  

The family must drink Toso(herbal non-alcohol sake) before start eating food to thank and wish for new year.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, I stayed home alone and didn’t prepare many dishes.   No food in Jubako boxes. 

My new years dishes for 2021 is very simple.