I ordered some seeds and the company sent me a little newsletter! With recipes! Very simple recipes, but I like it. Click through for recipes for Peanut Rice (!) and Bitter Greens with Peanuts, credit to Kuragi Co., Ltd. in Mie Prefecture.
Peanut Rice
360 g dry rice Peanuts to taste 30 ml sake 1 tsp salt Gomashio to taste (toasted sesame seeds and sea salt; available at Asian grocery stores or mix your own)
(1) Wash rice thoroughly, then mix with sake and salt in rice cooker. Add slightly more water than necessary.
(2) On top, add peanuts (without removing skin) to taste. Cook in rice cooker.
(3) When finished, sprinkle with gomashio and serve.
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Bitter Greens* with Peanuts
*Specifically, 春菊 shungiku or chrysanthemum greens, but you could try spinach, mustard greens, broccoli rabe, whatever you have!
1 bunch bitter greens 20 g peanuts 1 tbsp dashi powder 2/3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar Salt to taste
(1) Wash greens thoroughly and blanch (add to a pot of salted boiling water, remove quickly, and rinse thoroughly in cold water to lose residual heat). When cool, wring out water and cut into 4 cm lengths.
(2) Chop peanuts roughly.
(3) Combine soy sauce, dashi, sugar, and peanuts, and mix well. Use as a dressing for greens.