Knowing Umami And How To Cook It With Natural Materials

Illustration of knowing the umami taste with its natural ingredients and how to cook (Freepik/KamranAymen)

YOGYAKARTA The taste of umami is classified as a popular term in the culinary world. Foods that have a umami taste, describe a pleasant taste. The umami taste was identified in 1908 by Japanese chemical, Kukunae Ikeda. Of course the findings of this identification after other flavors, including sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

Umami flavors refer to foods that are not salty, sour, sweet, or bitter, but pleasant. Some scientists suspect that people are attracted to the umami taste because they are related to the human life cycle in the uterus surrounded by fire fluid. In taste, the umami taste is the secret to the amino acid glutamic. Of course you are also familiar with the additional seasoning of food, namely monosodium glutamate (MSG). This umami taste is also synonymous with Asian cuisine.

For MSG according to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) it is designated as a safe ingredient. As a common amino acid is found, glutamate does not pose a known risk to health. Well, as an illustration of the taste of umami, it will be felt in shitake mushrooms, edamame, cooked tomatoes, miso soup, roast seaweed, barley green tea, boiled salmon, and parmesan cheese. So that cooking has a natural taste of umami, here are the tips.

Mushrooms are natural umami foods. Mushrooms can be added in a variety of dishes, even including salads. That's why there are so many flavor innovations for cooking seasonings, with the label gital broth' to get a umami taste.

Mental vegetables do not always have a umami taste, but by roasting them can produce a savory taste. You can also boil vegetables using olive oil, which helps increase the delicious taste as in Italian dishes.

Fish sauce is a staple food spice in many Asian foods, especially Thailand and Vietnam. Launching MasterClass, Sunday, November 17, fish sauce has a sharp taste so it's enough to add just a little to your cooking so that the results are umami.

Pasta miso is very easy to find in grocery stores or supermarkets. Pasta miso is usually added as a soup spice to give a sour taste to the tongue.

Fermented sauce is one of the innovations in the world of cooking and cooking. The most popular is soy sauce made from fermented black soybeans so that it gets a strong umami taste. In addition to fermented soybean sauce, there is also rice sauce, jelai, and fish. Everything is naturally rich in glutamate or presents a umami taste.

On the explanation of the umami taste and how to cook a dish to get that taste. Are you familiar with dishes that have a umami taste?