🍱 Mozuku-Don

"Mozuku-don" is a dish fried "mozuku" seaweed with meat and vegetables, then put on top of cooked rice. It is loved by people regardless of age or gender because it tastes sweet-and salty and does not have unique seaweed smell by adding ginger juice. It became famous due to its popularity in the school lunch, and now it is prepared at home, too. It is said that "mozuku", you can easily buy at supermarkets, is good for beauty and health because it has plenty of minerals and vitamins to moisturize skin and fucoidan to antioxidant. Okinawa Prefecture boasts it's the largest yield; it's more than 15,000 tons ("Marine fishery production statistical survey" by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2013), which is 99% of total amount in Japan. They have started aquaculture of "mozuku", since around 1975, and most of cultured "mozuku" is "Okinawa Mozuku", which is used various dishes due to its texture. "Mozuku-su", "mozuku salad" marinated with "Sanbai-zu" (sweet and sour soy dressing), is a popular dish, but "Mozuku-don" is very beloved in the school lunch in Okinawa Prefecture.