Rice Koji Powder 1kg - Kyoto Hishiroku Special

Kyoto's long-established fermentation foods manufacturer "Hishiroku", which lasts more than 300 years since its establishment, The malted rice powder that is good for both health and beauty was developed through repeated trial and error to make it easier to be used for daily meal. It is "Rice Koji Powder".

Rice koji powder is dried raw koji processed into finely powdered form. It is pulverised by a unique manufacturing method so that friction heat is not applied to the koji.
Therefore the power of the enzyme remained intact.

As it is powder, it can be easily made into salt koji, soy sauce koji, sweet sake etc. without it becoming lumps flour. Furthermore, depending on the idea the usage is not restricted at all, such as mixing it with bread and cookie.

This koji rice powder also suitable for meat tenderizers. Prep your meat to make the delicious Dry Aged Koji Rice Steak at home!

"Rice Koji Powder" filled with the power of enzyme of koji, We will deliver in 1kg pack easy to be used at home. Give it a try once.

What is koji?

Moisturised raw grain (rice, wheat, bean etc), then the seeds are seeded on the steamed material and cultured under temperature conditions suitable for the growth of koji molds. Koji has so many kinds of enzymes that it is said to be a treasure house of enzymes which decomposes grains with its power.
In addition, Koji itself is a nutritious food packed with sugar, amino acids, vitamins, minerals etc. Using koji, we make traditional fermented foods such as sake, authentic shochu, mirin, miso, soy sauce, vinegar, sweet sake etc.

Efficacy of rice koji

Rice koji contains various kinds of enzymes such as amylase, lipase, protease, pectinase, etc, it is said that the number is to be more than 30 kinds. These enzymes help to break down and digest food, and also produces oligosaccharides, which are the "good bacteria" in the intestines. It also helps to improve the intestinal environment (intestinal flora) and expected to improve immunity. In addition, enzymes of rice koji include vitamin B1, B2, B6, folic acid, niacin, pantothenic acid, Biotin, molybdenum, etc which has the function of generating vitamin B group.
Vitamin B group helps cell metabolism, keeps hair, skin, and nails healthy. It also helps to recover from fatigue and prevent anemia. Especially vitamin B6 and folic acid are essential nutrients for pregnant women. In this way, Rice koji can be expected to have multiple beneficial effects on health and beauty. The "Koji powder" is a powder that is easy to use while maintaining the power of the enzyme.

Voice of staff

Koji rice is good for the health. Though it is a bit difficult to adapt normal Koji rice it into regular cuisine, the potential has expanded a lot after it becoming a powder.
According to the President of Hishiroku, it is also can be eaten with rice. This situation can be compared with the idiom of "Killing two birds with one stone", where the sweetness of rice is felt and digestion is also aided by Koji rice.

Rice Koji Powder 1kg - Kyoto Hishiroku Special - Recommended Usage

① Salt koji with no "grain" left, soy sauce koji  

· Salt koji ... 10 g of salt, 60 cc of water, 30 g of rice koji powder (mix in order of salt → water → rice koji) · soy sauce koji ... 60 cc of soy sauce, 30 g of rice koji powder 【Recommended】 Mix with egg-pickled rice instead of soy sauce or you can enjoy it deliciously when attached to meat, such as shamai or chicken. ※ Because mixing is easy, stir it well. ※ store in the refrigerator at normal room temperature.
You can use it from the next day you stock ※.

② Sweet sake without "grain"  

For rice koji powder 30 g, hot water 200 cc. Ferment at 55 to 60 ° C for about 10 hours. (Place in hot water → powder in order.) Stir well as it becomes lumpy. Refrigerated or frozen (For storing for more than 1 week) without heat sterilization. Rice liquor of rice koji has a very high nutritional value and is also called "drip infusion". Not only that, it is also noteworthy beverage that is expected to have skin benefits, constipation, and diet.

③ Bread

By changing 2 to 5% of the powder raw material to rice koji powder, The dough softens, it swells well and finishes moistly. ※ A baker in the neighborhood of Ryoshi is used for making bread.

④ Pastry using cookie, hot cake, rice flour (sponge cake, chiffon cake, butter cake etc.)  

By changing 20% ​​of the powder raw material to rice koji powder, a moist feeling is born in the fabric.

⑤ fermented soymilk without "grain" (fermented soy milk sauce)  

250 ~ 300 cc of unadjusted soy milk, 1kg of rice koji powder (put in order of unadjusted soy milk → rice koji powder) Ferment for about 10 hours at 55 ~ 60 ℃. Storage is refrigerated or frozen (when storing for more than 1 week) without heat sterilization.

 Others, soup stocks such as miso soup and soup, Liquid seasoning such as soy sauce and dressing. Even if it is mixed in an appropriate amount in an enzyme beverage such as a smoothie, You can enjoy the power of koji easily deliciously.

Supervised by fermented food chef Haruka Mano, the power of Kouji! Kyoto Hishiroku "Rice Koji Powder" Recipe

Ms. Haruka Mano who is actively engaged as a fermented cooking researcher. This time, she supervised the recipe of cooking that can be made easily using rice koji powder of Kyoto Hishiroku. Everything incorporates rice koji powder, all can be easily be challenged. Please have a try.

Food Fermentation Researcher
Ms. Haruka Mano

Let's bring fermented seasoning into our everyday cooking.

Borned in 1990, after leaving a specialized trading company, Ms. Haruka Mona obtained Food Coordinator qualification. She gained experience through working at a restaurant kitchen as a cooking research assistant, and work independently as a freelancer. Focusing on the idea of dishes that matches with Japanese rice wine, she begin to engage in wide range of activities such as cooking recipe, food product, become a cooking class instructor and even a writer.

Was firsly inspired by her fondness of Japanese rice wine, she opened herself a new door towards the fermentation culture. She has visited various breweries places for fermentation prducts such as sake, miso and soy sauce throughout the country. By utilizing the deliciousness of the ingredients, Ms. Haruka Mano is an expert in proposing simple and colourful dishes.

About Rice Koji Powder 1kg - Kyoto Hishiroku Co., Ltd Special Product

Message from the company for Koji - Kyoto "Hishiroku" Special Product

In the land of mountain and river that surrounds the royal castle · of Kyoto has raised the reputation of "Hishiroku" for over 300 years. In its long history, he steadily promoted steady progress of seed koji. A small work hidden in Koji kin (a bacteria used for making Koji), to the future tomorrow that will eventually produce big things I truly believe that it will become vitality, I am researching and endeavoring to deliver highly stable products with aunthenticity. We would like to ask you for further patronage as we can make use of the products of Hishihiroku.