{"id":6319,"date":"2025-05-18T02:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/?p=6319"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:22:02","slug":"drama-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/column\/drama-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Broad bean detox ahead of the rainy season, with a three-minute recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Yakuzen ingredients laid out\" class=\"wp-image-6310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 7 of Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate: detox ahead of the rainy season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you seen the latest episode?<br>This time I want to talk about detox through yakuzen, with the coming rainy season in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drama gave us broad bean rice and, I think, broad bean tempura.<br>Broad beans are in fact a detox ingredient well worth eating from spring into the rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three yakuzen points today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dividing the year into five seasons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start preparing for the next season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What broad beans do in yakuzen, plus a lazy three-minute recipe<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Yakuzen divides the year into five seasons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan works on four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, but yakuzen thinks in five: spring, the rainy season, summer, autumn and winter.<br>There is a finer division into 24 solar terms as well, but that can wait for another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Settling the body with ingredients suited to the character of each of these five seasons is the basis of yakuzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Get ready for the rainy season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In yakuzen, what matters is not waiting until something is off, but keeping it from going off in the first place.<br>This is called yojo, nourishing life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the dictionary, it means the habits and actions that keep you well and head off illness.<br>In other words, <strong>using ingredients in season to prepare for the turn of the season<\/strong> is what yakuzen does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the rainy season coming, why not look after yourself deliciously with broad beans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. What broad beans do in yakuzen, and a three-minute recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is what broad beans do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ease heaviness in the body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear swelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support a poor appetite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which is exactly right for the off-days that come between spring and the rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salt-boiled broad beans (three-minute cooking)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><br>- Broad beans (shelled)<br>- Salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cut a slit in the dark seam at the end of each bean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt a pan of boiling water and boil for one to two minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drain, sprinkle with salt while hot, and that is it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is all. <strong>Simple is best.<\/strong><br>Settling the body deliciously without the fuss is <strong>the ASAKO yakuzen style,<\/strong> as I like to call it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For what it is worth, most of what is on my own table is just grilled or just boiled.<br>(I am lazy and not much of a cook, so go easy on me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us settle things easily and deliciously again today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/yakuzen-drama3-2-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yasai-yakuzen.com\/en\/category\/efficacy\/\" title=\"\">See all vegetables and their benefits<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakuzen settles the body across five seasons: spring, the rainy season, summer and the rest. 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