Mukago-gohan (Japanese flavored rice with yam tubercles)

Mukago, yam tubercles – when I was a kid, I picked these tiny cute potatoes in the backyard and parks in autumn. I haven’t had them for years, but yesterday I found them at the market.

This mugako-gohan is simple yet comforting. Add 2 rice measuring cups (300g) of japonica rice, 10 cm of dried kelp, 100g mukago, 1 tsp of salt, 2 tbsp of sake. Then cook the same as plain rice.