Nattōmochi 納豆餅

History and Origins

The land of natto birth is widely held in Japan, but Kyoto Prefecture is said to be one of them. When the SIX-Q101X-O-Kinjiangjijijiji, a Japanese temple master, was eating a stew wrapped in a bowl of lentils from the villagers, he began to pull strings every day, and it began to taste good. In the temple's scrolls, the occupation is depicted as playing citrus beans. It is said that in time, as a result of the fact that they were available at Kyoto as a rare feature, they came to be called citrus beans. So at that time, the consciousness of the precious food we ate on Hale's Day, such as New Year's, was rooted among the innocent. And there is also the story that this farmer brought natto in his army, and that the name of the mountain bean that is now born in the Kyonoku district is from this region. In times when food wasn't satisfied, and when natto was a valuable protein source, they ate it wrapped in a good - topped bowl. It is said that the "Nazu" of that time was about the size of a face and that New Year's 3 was eaten by a day. In addition to the Kyinoku area, there are customs that create "Natino" and shape in each region.

When It Is Eaten

New Year's Eve is eaten in celebration seats, such as New Year's Day, and in the Kyinoku region, there is still a custom of eating natto and yuzu soup in New Year's season. In the past, it was said that when it came to old age, the head of the household made a large part of the family and ate well.

How It Is Eaten

There are two big ways of eating, and how to eat both natto and natto in the bowl with a paste mixed in with the natto in the bowl. Another method is to wrap natto in a bowl and eat it with favorite mushrooms and so on. They also say they like to cook and burn hard natto beans and eat them in the fragrance.

Recipe — Serves 5

Ingredients

• 12 round mochi
• 100 g natto
• 1/3 tsp salt
• 4 tsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp kinako (roasted soybean flour)

Method

1. Place the baked bowl on top of a bowl of rice with a turpentine and make it thinly round like a burning eye.
2. Put salt in the natto and mix it.
3. (Singing two in half, folding and picking up natto). (I'll put two and black sugar in the same place, fold it in half, and pick up the shape)

More About Nattōmochi

Overview

The custom of making natto at the end of the year for New Year's season is found in many parts of Japan. In not only the region mentioned above, the Tohoku region will eat natto at the end of the year and in New Year's.

In Yamagata Prefecture Mt. Fuji, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yoyocho, natto is used as a New Year's celebration dish for the local community.

the Tohoku region

The natto, commonly eaten at the Tohoku region, is a natto with natto mixed with natto.

It's considered to be the famous Yamagata Prefecture.

Kyoto

Kyoto natto beans are served with natto, or with natto and natto in the bowl. Natto tastes in sugar. I'll put on any powder I like.

In Japan it is customary to eat three New Year's in the evening with a sauced natto with black sugar. In each area, natto is made and shaped differently.

Niigata Prefecture

Even in Niigata Prefecture village, they put natto in a natto, like Kyoto.

Text adapted and translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article 納豆餅 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dish data: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), “Uchi no Kyodo Ryori” (Our Regional Cuisines) database, used under the Public Data License (PDL1.0); translated and adapted from the Japanese original.