Most Japanese Miso has added alcohol to enhance the taste. Just a month ago, i dropped by Isetan Orchard to check out any suitable halal japanese items to add to my mini-NTUC panty unit (that's what most of my friends said about my pantry unit, it has many many food and condiments). My husband likes miso soup so i was checking for any suitable miso paste. Found this miso has no added alcohol which is shown by the blur pix's red label. The ingredients are just soy bean, rice and salt. So this should be 100% halal. So hope this will be useful to ppl out there craving for halal miso.
To make miso soup, all u need is water, miso paste (add to your own preference), dashi powder (replace by ikan bilis maggie cube). Then just dump in what u want to be 'swimming' inside your miso...u can add fresh seaweed (can be purchased from NTUC), tofu (cut into small cubes), straw mushroom etc.
If you are interested to buy the miso paste, u can check out the miso website for more information.
http://www.maruman-miso.com/2syouhin_miso.htm
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ReplyDeletei tried the url but an error msg was displayed. can u suggest where i can get halal miso paste? am craving badly for it rite now. thanks a bunch!
There are quite a few miso products in Isetan KL and Cold food Storage that, according to the translated label, contain no wine or alcohol. Since the other brands have these ingredients listed, I assumed they're Halal. Labels should legally be accurately translated. I understand from your post that this might not always be the case. Would greatly appreciate it if you further elaborate on this issue. Halal food is not a joking matter and if any suppliers don't take that seriously then they should be stopped or at least exposed.
ReplyDeleteI got this from Singapore Orchard Lido Isetan market. I understood a bit of japanese so went to their website and try to under the whole process of making the miso. Most of the time, japanese products went thru some alcohol extraction process or added alcohol to enhance the taste. So by understanding how the process of making the miso works, we will know how 'halal' it is. Sad to say that we cannot get halal certified japanese products. Thus we have to understand how it is made and from there we will judge if it is halal enough for us to consume.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree but for starters where do we get these details, in English of course.
ReplyDeleteBTW the miso I use, available at Isetan KL, is Ichibiki; Mutenka Awase Miso. The ingredients according to the label are only soybean paste and salt. There is a list of halal Japanese foods issued by the Nagoya Islamic Center, based on phone calls with the manufacturers, and it contains this miso product.
wow cool. U did more homework than me. in fact, i want to try making my own miso paste at home. recently i learnt how to make korean bibimbap chilli paste and it is almost 80% near to the one sold outside. Will post the recipe soon to share with all of u =). cool. i will check out Ichibiki Mutenka Awase Miso in sg as i run out of miso too. btw, are u able to share your list of halal products given by the Nagoya Islamic Center.
ReplyDeleteSure. Of course the page seems to be a blog but I really don't find any reason for the author to lie so I believe it is sufficiently trustworthy.
ReplyDeletehttp://ratriardi.multiply.com/journal/item/2/List_of_Halal_Food_in_Japan
http://sicc-kagoshima.org/category/ENGHalalList.htm
Hi Bashar, what japanese soy sauce are u using? Previously i recommended YAMASA but i found out the domestic soy sauce (1 litre or less) are not halal as somehow alcohol is added (verified by YAMASA representative). He said the only halal certified soy sauce from their company is 18 litres. Which i believe is used by Ramen Ten and Hei sushi resaurant in SG.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently using Marushima (Syoudoshima Shoyu). Soy sauce by Marushima is on the Halal food list (above) and there is no alcohol on the translated label so it seems alright. I also use Kikkoman.
ReplyDeleteI think you shouldn't use kikkoman as i've called the company and a japanese manager told me none of their products is halal though they didn't specify alcohol is added. He said alcohol is added during the fermentation process. BTW, u can follow my previous thread on YAMASA soy sauce as i have found one halal certified soy sauce. It is halal certified but it is only available in 18 litres. I've the contact from SG's distributor. Will be purchasing the 18 Litre tin of soy sauce. might give away some to my muslim friends to share it.
ReplyDeleteAssalamu Alaikum again,
ReplyDeleteI have a question regarding 'natto' if you're familiar with it.What do you know about its halal status?
Hi sorry that I didn't update my blog as I cannot access it in office. I have no idea about natto. But just need to check with the company if they use alcohol as preservative. My friend did make his natto from scratch and kept his natto under his bed for fermentation. Maybe you can try making your natto that is 100% halal
ReplyDeletehello.... really hope some1 could answer me plzz.. ive bought hanamaruki soybean paste without checking the ingredients 1st...and when i got home 1 of the ingredient is ethyl alcohol! and ive found this page and ive checked this site http://ratriardi.multiply.com/journal/item/2/List_of_Halal_Food_in_Japan ... its written there that the alcohol breaks out during the fermentation process... could any1 plzzz explain that more to me.... tq!!
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Sorry Linns, my company blocked me from using blogspot for yrs. finally it is back. To answer your question now (which is a bit late, sorry), it is best to avoid because we do not know how much has "vanished". Try to get no alcohol added miso paste. Recently i found one taiwan brand miso paste from GIANT which i wrote a letter to their company and they replied that they didnt add alcohol at all. Maybe u can try getting it from GIANT (@IMM). Will take pix of the miso packaging and post here.
ReplyDeleteHi Yasmin,
ReplyDeleteI nearly had a fit of joy when I came across your blog. :D
In Jusco at JB, at their sushi counter, they have a whole range of Japanese sauces which are halal-certified. Unfortunately, I can't remember the brand name...
I can't vouch for the taste as I've never bought them. I came across the sauces when I was staying over my aunt's place at Bukit Indah. Maybe the next time you make a jaunt to JB you can check them out and write about it :)
Yeay! thanks for the recipe..was looking for it...
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ReplyDeleteAsalam alikom. I just want to mention something about miso paste. Some miso paste have an added alcohol, which is written on the ingredient list. Some miso manufacturers add alcohol as a preservative just before the packaging and they may not mention it on the label. some of them which are called halal and they don't add any alcohol ,but naturally the alcohol occurred during the fermentation process,like in many fermented products, example kefir, wine... so is better to ask your local scholar or use some islamic sites like this one in many languages
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