 Munini-imo potato preserved food | |
| Type | Pancake |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Main ingredients | Potato flour |
Munini-imo (ormuninimo, from Ainumunin ["fermented"] and Japaneseimo ["potatoes"]) is a dish of theAinu people of Northern Japan. It is a savorypancake made withpotato flour.[1]
Potatoes are first fermented underground by the repeatedfreeze-thaw cycles, and then milled and dried. The flour is soaked in water in order to remove the bitter taste and then baked on a griddle like a thick pancake. The potato flour made with this process can be easily stored for at least twenty years. Themunini-imo is very sticky likemochi.
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