A curry palette for all your ‘hidden flavors’
"Kakushi aji" is the Japanese culinary term for ingredients you might not overtly taste, but without them the entire recipe suffers.
Summary by The Tokyo Editorial Desk · As published by The Japan Times · · 1 min read
"Kakushi aji" is the Japanese culinary term for ingredients you might not overtly taste, but without them the entire recipe suffers.

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