VIDEO | Japanese recipe of Masaki Nakagawa who sings in Latvia: lazy cabbage rolls

Masaki Nakagawa and Normunds Baranovskis. Advertising photo

While the Halloween men are preparing for the parties, Japanese Latvian singer Masaki Nakagawa visits chef Normund Baranovska and lazy schmour cabbage rolls to treat your girlfriend.

The Japanese will start preparing to celebrate Halloween as soon as summer ends. “When you walk into the store on September 1, everything is in Halloween decorations. This American holiday, like Christmas in Japan, is more of a commercial holiday than a traditional holiday. Cafes offer a variety of Halloween themed food and drinks. When October 31 finally arrives, young people in Japan’s major cities take to the streets in the most unusual costumes. In the year when the television series came out Squid Gamemany dressed as characters from the series. Japanese people keep up with trends, so Halloween is more of a costume show than a candy sale,” says Masaki Nakagawa.

But while Masaki is in Latvia, he likes to try different Latvian food recipes, and his friends teach him how to cook, for example, chanterelle sauce with potatoes or cold soup.

“I cook for myself now and then at weekends, but I go to the supermarket about three times a week and buy according to my mood, if something is missing at home. On days when there is no concert, I cook at home, but if there is a concert, I have no energy, so I order food for home delivery. I eat spaghetti the most! I really like them. I can’t imagine my life without them. In August and September – chanterelle sauce!” says Masaki.

The main cook in his family is his father, who cooks well, especially various fish dishes and why – food typical of Kobe, where Masaki comes from. But the Japanese who sing in Latvian still have Latvian food in the first place – cold soup, pork chop, bread soup, pork schnitzel, chanterelle sauce. He also prepares all-Latvian lazy rolls for his girlfriend Shino Yamasaki.

Lazy chat rolls

for 4 people

Cooking time: 30 min

Total cost: 5.17 euros

Price per share: 1.29 euros

Required:

500 g of minced pork Rimi;

3 garlic cloves;

1 onion;

2 carrots;

1 kg of fresh cabbage;

1 tbsp. Rimi dark soy sauce;

1 handful of steamed long-grain Rimi rice;

20 g of parsley;

5 g cumin;

salt and pepper to taste;

oil for frying.

Preparing:

Fry the finely chopped onion until it becomes transparent and golden. Add grated carrots and chopped garlic. Bake for a few more minutes. Add a tablespoon of dark soy sauce and stir to evenly coat the vegetables. Add minced pork to the pan. Fry until the meat is brown and fully cooked. Finely chop the fresh cabbage and add it to the pan. Continue to stir everything together until the cabbage is soft (about 10-15 minutes). When the cabbage is ready, add a handful of pre-steamed long grain rice and cumin. Continue stirring everything for another 15 minutes, until the rice absorbs the flavors and mixes with the other ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste, mix and let it soak in well.

Serve warm with a sprinkling of fresh parsley, finely chopped.