These are common cooking ingredients or condiments in Japanese cuisine.

Japanese Cooking Common Ingredients

MISO
Fermented condiment usually made from soybeans.

COOKING SAKE
Many people refer to sake as “Japanese rice wine,” but it doesn’t actually fall into the category of liquor, beer or wine.

MIRIN
A type of sweet rice wine, but again, it is not exactly wine. The purpose is to caramelize or to thicken the texture.

GRATED DAIKON
Daikon is a variety of large white oriental radish.

MAYONNAISE
Japanese mayonnaise uses only egg yolks instead of whole eggs.