Culinary knowledge of Oyaki
Oyaki is a type of dumpling that originated in Nagano, a mountainous province in Central Japan.
Farmers tend to grow wheat instead of rice. Local people use wheat flour to make the crust, and use available vegetables to make the filling, such as pumpkin, eggplant, radish. Dumplings are everyday food. Dumplings are easy to carry, so farmers often take them to the fields or to the hills to have lunch.
This type of dumpling also appears at different festivals of the year and ancestral remembrance occasions. The cake is round, symbolizing happiness. This type of cake is often eaten in the new year, with the wish to wish the whole family a good new year. Cakes on festive occasions are often filled with red beans and sugar. This cake is used to treat guests, because the ingredients are quite expensive.
Oyaki dumplings are usually made at home by people, but started appearing in many stores in 1970. When Nagao hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998, the media attention with local dishes. This dish has become familiar to people all over Japan.
This rustic and healthy cake is often packed with vegetables, reminiscent of the image of home.
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