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Shichimi Togarashi is a Japanese Spice Mixture made from 7 spices. It is not the same as Chinese Five Spice Mixture.
The ingredients and proportions used will vary.
The ingredients usually include items from the following list:
- Red pepper flakes, ground
- Roasted orange or mandarin peel
- Yellow (aka white) sesame seed
- Black sesame seed or black hemp seeds or poppy seeds
- Sansho (Japanese Pepper aka Szechuan Peppercorns)
- Dark green dried seaweed flakes (nori)
- Ginger
- Rapeseed
- Chipi (dried mikan peel)
Some people suggest using equal parts of everything. Others will increase the portion of red pepper flakes. There are a few exclusive shops in Japan that will mix up the Shichimi to your preference for ingredients and proportions.
Shichimi Togarashi is sold already ground and mixed. It is also now sold in Japan with the whole individual spices in a spice jar with a mill on top so that it can be ground "fresh".
Even though whole Sansho (aka Szechuan Peppercorns) on its own is banned in America, you can still buy Shichimi Togarashi in bottles.
Substitutes
You can mix up your own, swapping in black peppercorns for the Szechuan Peppercorns. Some Shichimi recipes even call for chilli powder, which no doubt would have purists shuddering. But given that most Shichimi recipes will still have you combing grocery stores and ethnic markets for hemp seeds, dried nori, dried orange peel, Szechuan Peppercorns, etc, you'd do just as well to keep your eye out for a bottle of it while you're at it and be done with it.
Language Notes
Pronounced "shee-chee-mee". Shichimi means "seven flavours". "Ichimi" would mean 1 flavour. Also called "Nana iro togarashi" in Japanese, as "nana" also means 7. The name "Nanami togarashi" is being used by the S&B spice company, as an anglicisation. "Togarashi" means a hot red pepper.
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Apple Pie Spice, Cajun Spice Mix, Chili Powder, Curry Powder, Dukkah, Fine Powder, Five Spice Powder, Garam Masala, Goda Masala, Gulaschfix, Menudo Mix, Poudre d'Ermenesque, Powder Blanch, Powder Douce, Powder Forte, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Ras el hanout, Sambar Masala, Sambar Podi, Shatta, Shichimi Togarashi, Spezie Forti, Yuzu Shichimi, Za'atar, Zhoug
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