Mazegohan

"Mazegohan" means mixed cooked rice.  This is one of the common variation of rice dish of Japanese cooking.  There are two types of cooking method of rice with vegetable or meat.  One way is called "Takikomi gohan".  In this way, you can cook the rice with ingredients as diced chicken, carrotes, beans and seasonings such as soya sauce, dashi, sakeall at the same time.  The other way is "Mazegohan", which to cook rice and other ingredients separately then mix together in the end.

The taste of those is very different.  "Takikomi gohan" rice is cooked with the stock and the seasoning so the taste is penetrated inside of the rice.  With "Mazegohan" method, you can taste different taste and texture with rice and the other ingredients.

「混ぜご飯」日本では、こんな感じの混ぜご飯のおにぎりがコンビニにあったな、と思って作った。日本の外食のクオリティーは世界に突出して高いが、コンビニのレベルの高さは異常だ。最近ではデパ地下並みの総菜を出している店もあって本当に感心する。