O-zooni! (Mochi Soup)

Ingredients (not exact but can be adapted to your preferences):
Serves 2- 3 people

• 70 grams Japanese radish (about 1/8 of a long radish)
• 40 grams carrot
• Some shungiku garland chrysanthemum or napa cabbage (optional)
• 5 small dried shitake
• 2 kiri-mochi

*Soup Flavor*

• Soy sauce
• Salt
• Mirin
• Sake
• 600 - 650 ml dashi water - Mixture of water and dashi powder (organic is recommended)
• 3 inches of dried kelp

1. Soak dried shitake in water in a small bowl.
2. Put water, dried kelp, shitake (softened after drained) radish and carrot in a pot at a high-medium heat.
3. When it simmers, add shungiku to cook them for another couple of minutes.
4. Take out the kelp from the soup and flavor the soup with *Soup Flavor*.
5. Microwave kiri-mochi in a little water in a bowl (about 40 seconds/mochi with water covering half the mochi) and put the mochi in the simmering soup for about 10 - 15 seconds and serve.