This seaweed is bright red in colour.
Included in a soup it adds stickiness without the use of starch.
It goes well with seaweed salad, grated raw vegetables, sashimi ( thin slices of raw fish) garnish, meat or fish carpaccios, or stock…
For soups and stocks, use it as it is, dried, and it will rehydrate without difficulty.
As a garnish, just rehydrate in a large quantity of cold water for 7 minutes then strain and rinse. It will increase in volume by about 6.
Beneficial properties when eaten according to the Japanese:great nutritional, digestive (fibre), fortifying (calcium, magnesium) powers, helps to prevent colon cancer, obesity, constipation and arteriosclerosis.
