Japanese New Year Meal
Osechi ryori or often called just osechi is a food that consists of various colorful dishes.
Japanese new year meal. Try this vegan ozoni recipe to ring in the new year. There are many variations of ozoni depending on the region of japan where the soup is made. Kuromame literally means black bean 黒豆 in japanese and it is often served on new years day as a part of osechi ryori.
The shiny black beans make a beautiful contrast to the red lacquer jubako container which holds all different kinds of colorful traditional meals. As the new year symbolizes a new beginning osechi ryori consists of food with auspicious meanings. For example some soups have a clear dashi broth while others are made of miso fermented soybean or chicken broth.
The kinds of osechi dishes prepared at japanese homes vary from region to region. Japanese new year s food is called osechi ryori and colorful dishes are packed in layers of lacquer boxes called jubako. Common dishes are kobumaki simmered kombu rolls kuromame simmered black soybeans kurikinton mashed sweet potato with sweet chestnuts.