In fact, dashi can be made by ourself with boiling kombu dashi ( thick cutted sea weeds ) and bonito ( shaved wood fish meat ) that can create fragrance and delicious liquid. Nowadays, dashi sold in instant form, pink grain and is used for soup base for miso soup, hot pot, and soup noodles. Dashi is the most important flavor of Japanese food and it's used in many different dishes.
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