Kasu Jiru ( 粕汁）

Kasu Jiru literally means 'Japanese rice wine lees (Sake Kasu) Soup'.
During the cold winter season , we prepare this particular soup to warm our bodies  and hearts .
I normally use deep-fried bean curd , a fish cake , hard jelly  which is  made from  Konnyaku yam potatoes and  vegetable like a white radish, onion, carrot ,burdock , yam potatoes and green onion for the topping.
Sometimes  salted salmon's head  is added  to enhance  the  taste of the soup .
 We use some  soaked  Sake Kasu and Miso Paste (fermented soybean paste) for seasoning  after all the ingredients become soft .

Actually I have  prepared  this  Kasu Jiru several times in this winter  as it  has been very cold..

                                                                   Kasu Jiru

                                             Sake-Kasu ( Japanese rice wine=Sake  lees)　酒 is  Sake.

Konnyaku jelly ( we use left hand side one  for this soup and the other one is for Suki -Yaki)

                                         burdocks, long carrots and a normal carrot