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Tororo (grated Dioscorea opposita)
Grated tororo

Tororo (Japanese: とろろ) is a sticky food made from grating a yam. Tororo is mixed with other food that typically includes dashi, wasabi, and green onions, and the amount of these ingredients can be adjusted to suit one's taste. In Japan, tororo is eaten as a side dish, or added to noodles (udon or soba). Tororo has a lot of vitamin B1, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and other vitamins and minerals.

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Tororo blackbean udon from Tanba (丹波の黒豆とろろうどん)

Mugitoro

Mugitoro (Japanese: 麦とろ) is a wheat dish made by pouring cold tororo on top of cooked wheat.

Yamakake

Yamakake (Japanese: 山かけ) is a dish made from tororo and tuna (maguro). Tuna seasoned with soy sauce and tororo with dashi give a mild taste. Sometimes, it is put on rice as Donburi.

Tororo udon/soba

Tororo is also eaten with udon or soba. In tororo udon/soba, it is often eaten with a raw egg or a yolk. Japanese people think it is very healthy to eat tororo, so it is added to many foods.　

Tororo Nattō

The Japanese food nattō is often eaten with tororo, too.


Images for kids

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    Tororo rock

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    A109 road

  • Uganda railways assessment 2010-14

    Tororo railway station on the Uganda Railway.

  • Uganda Tororo Rock

    Tororo Rock Photo

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