Tensei Shite Inaka de Slowlife wo Okuritai - Chapter 461

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Warasabi Dishes

After we arrived at the kitchen, we put the basket containing warasabi onto the table and washed our hands in the washing area. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「How do you cook warasabi?」

It’s a food ingredient you can grill, stew, or deep-fry.  I’m at a loss on how to cook it.

「I’m thinking of making a tempura. Is there anything you would like to make with it, boy?」

「Tempura is good. I wanted to grill it simply with soy sauce」

「Ooh, that’s also nice. Then, we will make tempura and soy sauce grilled warasabi!」

Since Bartolo and I agreed to do that, we decided to make tempura and soy sauce grilled warasabi.

「Okay then, let’s marinate the warasabi in soy sauce first if we’re going to grill it」

After lightly washing the warasabi with salt water, I moved about half of them into a bowl and poured light soy sauce into the bowl.

There are warasabi that jumped, maybe some of them are still alive.

After we just have to marinate them for some time until the flavor has soaked into them and then we can grill them.

While I was doing such a task, Bartolo was making the tempura base.

He’s stirring a bowl with a whisk *shaka-shaka*.

Of course, he already placed a pot with oil on the magic stove and it was being heated.

I have nothing to do in particular so I decided to make some mentsuyu1 to pass the time.

I can use this for future dishes if I have this and I can also use on tempura to eat them.

It’s surprisingly easy to make as long as you have soy sauce.

Add a small amount of soy sauce, tuna stock, mirin2, Kagura sake, and sugar into a pot and let it simmer.

The process was simple, but the problem was the ingredients.

I wouldn’t be able to obtain a lot of soy sauce, mirin, and Kagura sake if I don't go to the Kagura, and fresh fish unless I go to Sylford’s territory.

There were many troublesome things as there were fun things, but my efforts are being rewarded.

「Boy, what are you making?」

「I’m making a soy-sauce-based sauce that will go well with the tempura」

「Ohh? You’re adding sake and stock? It tastes more refined and mellow than soy sauce, isn’t it?」

Bartolo sniffs *sunsun* at the simmering sauce and immediately guessed the ingredients used.

He may be able to make this on his own even without me teaching him. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Have you finished yours yet?」

「Ou! We can fry the warasabi anytime!」

Looking at the bowl Bartolo was holding, there were the warasabis covered in the batter.

What’s left is to fry them and make them crispy.

「But, it’s tempura day, let’s put in the others too」

「You’re right」

We’re making the long-awaited tempura after all. Everyone will also be happy if we fry other ingredients to go along with it if anything.

Since it’s better to fry the vegetables first so the oil won’t get dirty, Bartolo and I prepared and preprocessed the mushrooms, carrots, pumpkins, and bell peppers, and quickly added them to the pot.

The sound of oil sizzling *juwaaa* resounded in the kitchen.

「When you’re frying food, it’s this sound」

「Yeah, nice sound」

With the sound of sizzling oil as the BGM, Bartolo is prepping the ingredients while I’m watching over the frying process.

「Did you hear that!? The sound just now!? That was definitely deep-fried food!」

「Mina, they will be able to hear you in the kitchen if you’re that loud」

A scream of joy that was clearly Mina’s came from the maid's waiting room, and Sara’s faint chiding can also be heard.

If this voice resounds, someone in the Slowlett house will immediately react and it’s part of our daily life.

Yes, when I looked at the kitchen door, I saw Eleonora-neesan - who seemed to have just gotten out of the bath - peeking into the kitchen.

After frying the ingredients one by one, I continue to take them out and drain them of oil.

Then, arrange it neatly on the plate. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

And once I finished frying the vegetables, next was tousan’s favorite, warasabi.

However, the vegetables will clearly become cold if I leave them as they are.

「Eleonora-neesan, take these to the dining room and have everyone eat them first」

「Yeah, okay」

There’s nothing worse than cold tempura. Tempura is best eaten as soon as they are done fried.

Eleonora-neesan - who was peeking at us - replied as she brought the plate in a good mood when I called her as if giving her permission to eat them before the meal started.

But, that Eleonora-neesan immediately returns to the kitchen.

「Hey! There’s no warasabi in here!」

Apparently, she thought she would be able to secretly eat the warasabi, but there were only vegetables there so she returned to complain about it.

「We’re going to fry the warasabi now. Look, the tempura will go cold you know, go now」

Eleonora-neesan left the kitchen looking frustrated when I shooed her with my hand *shishi*.

「Now then, shall we enjoy the freshly fried one properly」

「Right」

Just because you’re the one cooking doesn’t mean you have to be satisfied with the cold tempura.

We each picked up the tempura that was arranged on the plate to taste them.

I brought a bright bell pepper to my mouth.

The crispy coating burst inside my mouth and both the umami3 and bitterness from the bell pepper spread. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Hmー, it’s crunchy」

「I knew it, frying in oil really enhances the sweetness of the ingredients」

Just as Bartolo said, vegetables become sweeter when heated at high temperatures.

Frying perfectly matches tempura.

As I spilled some tempura flour into the oil while snacking, the flour properly floated in the oil so I knew that the temperature was 180 degrees already.

「Oh, it looks like it’s already hot enough」

「Let’s go with the main course!」

Bartolo brought the bowl over and picked up the warasabi with long chopsticks and smoothly dropped them into the oil.

The pleasant sound of oil frying echoes, and the warasabi gradually takes on a white color.

The oil temperature will drop if you add too many at once so he continues to add a little bit at a time as he fries them carefully.

If the white batter becomes light brown and the bubbles become few, then it means the warasabis have been cooked thoroughly.

Then he picks them up one after the other and continues to appropriately fry the remaining warasabi.

「And, to check whether the warasabis have been properly cooked is――」

「Is the chef’s duty! Right!」

Bartolo said while grinning when he naturally understood my aim.

I feel sorry for Nord-tousan since this is his favorite food, but this is the chef’s privilege and I won’t give it up.

Bartolo and I picked up the freshly fried warasabi and ate them. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

The batter burst open and the umami from the warasabi inside the batter spread inside my mouth.

「It’s good!」

「Delish!」

I guess the taste is closer to a shisamo smelt? It has a strong flavor despite its small size.

Although the fish’s internals were deliberately left untouched, it turned into a pleasant bitter taste.

There’s no raw smell at all and I can eat this as many as I want.

I feel the urge to gobble them all as it is, but I desperately endure it.

I mean, everyone will resent me if I eat too much.

「Then, I’m going to fry the marinated warasabi」

「Ou, leave the tempura to me」

The warasabi should have a strong soy sauce flavor by now.

After putting the concentrated mentsuyu in the fridge, I bring out the earthen charcoal brazier and light a fire on it.

And once the net on the brazier is warm enough, I place the warasabis on it.

Maybe there were some that were still alive since they were jumping around on the net. But, their struggle was short-lived as they were being grilled on the fire and they stopped moving.

The warasabi started to make a great smell after the heat penetrated the fish.

「Ahー, I can smell the smell of grilled fish and the savory smell of burning soy sauce」

「This is also irresistible」

I continue placing the warasabi on the brazier one after another while having a conversation with Bartolo.

It’s also nice to grill fish on an earthen charcoal brazier like this.

It may be a good idea to bring the brazier next time, grill the fish I catch, and then eat them immediately.

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「Hoi, it’s warasabi tempura and grilled warasabi in soy sauce」

「「Oohー」」

Everyone expressed their admiration when the main dish was brought to the dining room.

It appears that the first batch of vegetable tempura has mostly disappeared already. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

Not much time should have passed but as always, tempura is popular.

I didn’t feel like helping with other things besides cooking the warasabi so I left Bartolo’s side and took a seat.

Then, a plate was quickly placed right in front of me.

「Here, these are Al’s tempura」

「Ooh, thank you Sylvio-niisan. You kept my share」

All kinds of tempura are served in front of me.

It looks like he properly protected my share.

「That was rude. I will not eat Al’s portion」

Elna-kaasan appears somewhat indignant as she said that, but around 90% of tempuras on the large plate are gone already so it was a doubtful claim.

Nord-tousan is restless in front of his favorite food.

He may want to reach out his hand and quickly eat it, but maybe he doesn’t want others to think of him as lacking composure.

「I tasted it in the kitchen already, don’t worry and eat them」

「「Yeーss」」

After I said that, Eleonora-neesan and Sylvio-niisan reach out for them with their forks.

Then Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan followed them, reaching out with their forks.

「It’s crispy and delicious」

「It has no peculiarities in taste and is easy to eat」

It looks like warasabi tempura receives a favorable reception from Sylvio-niisan and Eleonora-neesan.

Eleonora-neesan already reached out on her second one. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

「Un, it’s delicious」

Nord-tousan - who is eating the warasabi - said that in a really satisfied tone of voice.

It was just a short remark, but you can clearly understand that Nord-tousan said it from the bottom of his heart.

It looks like he really loves warasabi.

Elna-kaasan - who sits next to him - is also smiling when she looks at Nord-tousan.

「There’s salt and mentsuyu here, you can try adding them if you’d like」

「Mentsuyu? It is not soy sauce?」

Nord-tousan tilted his head to the side in confusion when I tried to recommend it to him.

Until now they’ve been eating tempura as is or after dipping them in salt so it’s obvious they don’t know about it.

Moreover, the color is almost similar to soy sauce.

「It’s just a sauce made with soy sauce as the base but it tastes a little different」

「Is that so. Then, I will try adding them」

Nord-tousan then adds a little mentsuyu to the warasabi.

「Adding salt is good, but this is also great! It is like soy sauce but tastes light and easy to eat」

Drawn by Nord-tousan’s impression, Elna-kaasan also adds the mentsuyu to the warasabi.

「Ara, it’s true. It is more refined than soy sauce and goes well with warasabi」

Apparently, it also suits Elna-kaasan’s palate.

Eating tempura as is or with salt is nice and all, but occasionally adding some mentsuyu to them is also good. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

I had eaten the tempura warasabi in the kitchen already, so I decided to eat the soy sauce grilled warasabi this time.

「Ah, this is also good」

This has the wasarasabi’s original taste and a soy sauce faint fragrance in it. It’s the perfect balance.

「This makes me want to eat rice!」

It’s really just like Eleonora-neesan’s said.

If there are still some left, it’s enough to have the soy sauce grilled warasabi with miso soup and rice as breakfast. That alone will be enough to satisfy me.

Mina and Sara also brought other dishes, but everyone was obsessed with the main course, warasabi.

「Dear, how does it taste?」

「Un, this year’s warasabi also tastes good」

「Is that so, that’s good」

Elna-kaasan looked happy as though it was her own accomplishment when she saw Nord-tousan savoring the meal with a satisfied look.

Usually, this scene will give me heartburn and sweet and sour feelings when I see them like this, but maybe because this time it’s about Nord-tousan’s favorite food that I was able to see it with peace of mind this time.

If there is a chance next time, it may be a good idea to go fishing again if we could make Nord-tousan this happy. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com

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TL Note and reminder :

1. Mentsuyu, noodle soup base,dipping sauce. 

2. Mirin, erase fishy smell and other uses

3. Umami, savory

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