Mamebu (Recipe)

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Here's a translation of a recipe by  とものすきー★ (tomo no suki) of cookpad. All pix are from hers, too.
(Recipe and Pix: tomonosuki)

Jeje ★ Kuji's Mamebu Soup

From the asadora "Amachan," the well-known Mamebu soup of Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture.
With ingredients you can afford! ★（‘ j ’）/

Ingredients: (Serves 4 people)

Dumplings: Flour 200g (2 cups) Hot water 100cc (1/2 cup) Walnuts (peeled) 30g A little brown sugar

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Stock: Water 1000cc (5 cups) Kombu (Kelp) 15cm Niboshi 5 pcs Soy sauce 3Tbs Pinch of salt

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Soup: Carrot 1 pc. Burdock 1/2 pc Grilled Tofu 1/2 block Aburaage (deep fried tofu) 1 pc Dried Shitake Mushrooms 5 pcs

Steps:

1. (To make the dumplings), knead flour and hot water into a small ball.

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2. Divide the dough into bite-size pieces, then put inside chopped walnuts and sugar. Keep rolling so the contents won't come out.

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3. These are the "mamebu." Sprinkle with potato starch so they won't stick.

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4. Chop soup ingredients to bite-sized pieces.

5. Put kombu and niboshi in 1000cc of water and turn on heat. Remove them when it begins to boil.

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6. Add ingredients from Step 4. Season with salt and soy sauce as it cooks.

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7. Put in the dumplings from Step 3. Once the dumplings are cooked, it is done.

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8. The road stations in Kuji also sell frozen mamebu dumplings! Je Je！（‘ jj ’）

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