Green laver (), known as aonori (アオノリ; 青海苔) in Japan, sea cabbage (海白菜) or hutai (滸苔) in China, and parae (파래) and kim (김) in Korean, is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Sea lettuce ( Ulva prolifera, Ulva pertusa, Ulva intestinalis). It is commercially cultivated in some bay areas in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, such as Ise Bay. It is rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, lithium, , and such as methionine. It is also called aosa (アオサ, Ulva pertusa) in some places in Japan.
Culinary use
Japan
It is used in its dried form for Japanese
,
tempura, and material for manufacturing dried
nori and
tsukudani and rice. It is also used in a powdered form, often blended with
Sea lettuce species of
Ulvaceae as its production is limited.
It is used commonly for flavouring of some , usually by sprinkling the powder on the hot food, for its aroma:
Japanese Raw Aonori.JPG|Raw aonori from Lake Hamana
Japanese Raw Aonori Misoshiru.JPG|Miso soup with raw aonori
Modern yaki, rice and tsukemono by hirotomo in Osaka.jpg| Okonomiyaki with aonori powder
岩崎屋の黒焼きそば (33822311413).jpg|Yakisoba with aonori powder
Korea
In Korea,
parae is eaten as a
namul vegetable. It is also used to make
gim (dried laver sheets).
Parae-gamja-jeon 2.jpg| Parae-gamja-jeon (green laver potato pancake)
Paraemuchim (seasoned parae) (Monostroma nitidum).jpg| Parae-muchim (seasoned green laver)
파래 01 01 2.jpg
Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival 101.JPG|Dried green laver sheets
China
In parts of southern China, green laver is added to soups and traditional seafood dishes, especially in coastal regions.
Similar species
Green laver shares the name "laver" with
Porphyra umbilicalis, a red seaweed, which is harvested from the coasts of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland and used to prepare
laverbread.
Like "green laver", similar edible seaweeds with indigenous names translated as "laver", are found in many other countries around the world. In Hawaii, "the species
Porphyra atropurpurea is considered a great delicacy, called Limu luau".
See also
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