1

Cut the Mackerel：
Sprinkle a small amount of the salt over the mackerel, and place the fish onto a bamboo strainer. Leave it for a while to reduce its unwanted smell. Then, wipe out the excess moisture with a kitchen paper, and then cut into bite-size pieces.

2

Cut the Vegetables：
Peel the lotus root and soak it in the vinegar water to prevent it from discoloring. Then, wipe out its excess moisture and cut it into 7mm-thick half-moon slices. Cut off the firm end of the green asparaguses, and cut them into bite-size pieces. Grill both of them lightly using the fish grill stove equipped in your gas stove.

3

Bring the simmering soup to a boil and cook the mackerel：
Blend the water, sake, sugar, sweet sake and soy sauce in a pot to make the simmering soup. Turn on the burner and bring the soup to a boil. Then, place the mackerel with the skin side up. When it comes to a boil again, reduce the heat to medium. Ladle the simmering soup and pour it over the mackerel pieces repeatedly. Put a small lid directly on the top of them and continue simmering until the simmering sauce is reduced.

4

Dissolve the miso very well with the simmering soup：

Ladle the simmering soup and add the miso into the soup in the ladle. Dissolve the miso very well, and pour the mixture into the pot through a handy mesh strainer. When the soup becomes slightly thick, turn off the burner. Place the mackerel onto a plate and garnish the fish with the vegetables you prepared in the step 2. Then, pour the simmering soup over them, and also top the dish with shredded ginger root.

1

Sprinkle the salt on the salmon：
Sprinkle a small amount of salt on the salmon fillets, and leave them for a while.

2

Prepare miso-marinade bowl (misodoko)：
Add the sake, sweet sake and sugar to the miso in a bowl, and blend them thoroughly to prepare misodoko.

3

Marinate the salmon fillets in the misodoko：
Spread one third of the misodoko into a container, and place a sheet of gauze on it. Wipe out the excess water off the salmon fillets, and arrange them on the gauze. Then, place another sheet of gauze over the fillets, and spread the rest of the misodoko over (another sheets over) the fillets. Even the surface well, and then cover the misodoko with kitchen film. Store the container for a day in a fridge to season the fillets well with miso.

4

Grill the miso-marinated salmon：

Remove the salmon fillets from the misodoko. Grill both sides of them using your grill until the surface gets slightly burned. Then, cut them into bite-size pieces, and place them onto a plate. If you like, you can garnish the fillets with the turnip slices and boiled ginkgo nuts.

1

Cut the ingredients：
Cut the pork into bite-sizes. Cut the king oyster mushroom into several pieces, and then slice them into 1-cm slices. Cut the eggplant in half lengthwise, and then slice them diagonally into 1-cm slices. Cut the white part of a long green onion diagonally into 1-cm slices.

2

Prepare the combined seasoning：
Place the miso in a bowl and add the sugar and sake. Blend them thoroughly to prepare the combined seasoning.

3

Stir-fry the pork：
Heat the vegetable oil in the pan and stir-fry the pork slices until the color of them turn to white. Then, add the eggplant, king oyster mushroom and white part of a long green onion, and stir-fry them with the pork.

4

Add the combined seasoning as a final touch：
Pour the combined seasoning over the ingredients and stir-fry them quickly, seasoning them and giving them a shiny and inviting appearance.

1

Cut the ingredients：
Cut the pork into bite-size pieces. Peel the burdock root and cut it into long thin pledges. Soak them into the vinegared water to prevent them from discoloring. Cut the Japanese radish and carrot into quarter moon pieces. Peel the taro and cut it into 7mm rounds. Place the rounds into a bowl. Salt-scrub them to remove the stickiness of the taro, and then rinse them well.

2

Parboil the konjac：
Tear the konjac into small pieces, and parboil them for 2 to 3 minutes to remove unwanted flavors. Cut the reconstituted shiitake mushrooms into quarter moon pieces.

3

Pour the dashi stock into a pot, and add the pork and ginger slices：
Then, bring it to a boil. Remove the foam from time to time, and add the vegetables (add stiffer ones first). Then, add half of the miso, and simmer them to make them absorb the flavor of the soup.

4

Add the final-touch miso when the ingredients become soft：
Add the rest of the miso to adjust the flavor when the ingredients become soft. Then, ladle the miso soup into a bowl and sprinkle the chopped green onion. Also sprinkle the shichimi chili peppers as you like. Now, enjoy this delicious miso soup!