Miso soup is a wonderful and healthy soup that is high in protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins. Miso paste is made from a mixture of many things including rice, barley, soybeans, water, salt and yeast. Believe it or not, this mixture will be placed into wooden barrels for as long as 3 years for the aging process.
Miso soup is usually served as breakfast but you can serve it as a stand-alone soup course or an appetizer if you want to. This nourishing Japanese soup takes only a few minutes to prepare. You just basically cook the vegetables in dashi, which is a stock made with seaweed and dried sardines and then add in the fried tofu cubes and miso paste. There is also the instant miso soup but they are not really that delicious.
The flavor of miso soup varies depending on the type of miso, soup stock, and ingredients. It’s best to choose your favorite type of miso and ingredients. In fact, several different kinds of miso soup is served daily in Japanese homes. Most miso pastes can be categorized into red, white or black, with darker pastes having a heartier, saltier flavor.
If you consume a bowl of miso soup every day, just like most Japanese do, you can reduce the risk of having breast cancer. This is attributed to the magic ingredient of fermented soy paste, used to make miso. Miso soup is also said to help regulate the hormone estrogens in women, a hormone that can cause tumors to develop.
Many health researchers also agree that miso soup can really help reduce the risk of having breast cancer. This is all based on the discovery that isoflavones which is found in miso soup, can help block out cells that can become cancerous. However, it is recommended that you drink at least three bowls of miso soup each week so that you can fully reap the benefits.
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