One of the cooking trends that emerged in Japan over the past year is seiro-mushi, or ¡°bamboo basket-steaming,¡± for one-bowl meals.
Steam, or water vapor, transmits heat 10 times more efficiently than dry air, with no evaporative cooling of the food¡¯s surface. Quick, easy and healthy, seiro-mushi makes sense for time-pressed cooks who want a wholesome meal.
A seiro (bamboo steamer) is also a versatile kitchen tool that can be used to cook just about anything, from steam buns to sushi. The latter is known as mushizushi (steamed sushi), or nukuzushi, which combines ¡°nukui,¡± meaning ¡°warm¡± in the Kansai dialect, with sushi.
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