MARUKAWA Dried Organic Whole Rice Koji, 300g

*MOTTAINAI item: current batch has a best-before date of November 12, 2023. Please order per Express mail. If your order includes other items with a handling time, please note that this item may arrive with a very short shelf life* 

Koji is an important ingredient in the Japanese kitchen. It is used to kick start the fermentation process in some key-ingredients like mirin, sake, soy sauce, amazake and miso. Miso, for example, is made by cooking soybeans, salt, and water and mixing it with the koji till it becomes the paste we all know.
By itself, Koji can be used to make shio koji (salt koji): simply mixing the koji rice with salt and water and fermenting it at room temperature for a couple of weeks, you will create a paste full of flavor and healthy nutrition!
With this paste, you can experiment endlessly: use it as a substitute for salt, to pickle vegetables, and to marinate your meat or tofu. 

About organic brown rice koji

Organic brown rice koji is made from rice grown without using any pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or animal fertilizers. In addition, groundwater is used for brewing. A lot of water is required when making koji from rice. In Fukui Prefecture, the water quality is good, and at Marukawa Miso, groundwater is assembled and used for brewing. They pass annual water quality test, and the abundant groundwater, which is free of chemical substances that can be drunk as is.