Title: Japanify Ingredients: Know Your Seaweed – Umami Mart
Headings: Japanify Ingredients: Know Your Seaweed
Japanify Ingredients: Know Your Seaweed
Content: Iwanori (Porphyra Yezoensis)
Iwanori literally means "rock seaweed" because it is found in the crevices of rocks. Like regular nori (see below) it is dried and eaten. It's very soft and delicate - almost like dried out lace. It's excellent to sprinkle on pasta, soba and tofu. Iwanori is much more aromatic than nori. I would almost say that it's the veal of nori. It's greener and falls apart in your mouth quicker. Kids who grew up on Japanese condiments laden with MSG are usually fond of iwanori tsukudani from the brand Gohandesuyo. Nori (Porphyra)
This is probably the type of seaweed that people see the most in the U.S. We are crazy about rolls in the U.S. so we must be crazy about nori too. Nori, sometimes referred to as laver, is made out of red alga.