
Koji mushroom garum
Mushroom garum turns mushrooms, rice koji, salt and water into a dark savoury seasoning. A sustained warm hold lets koji enzymes break down the mixture before straining.
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Mushroom garum turns mushrooms, rice koji, salt and water into a dark savoury seasoning. A sustained warm hold lets koji enzymes break down the mixture before straining.

Mushroom garum is a savoury, smoked sauce made by crushing mushrooms with salt and rice koji and letting the mixture brew for months, a modern use of the garum method without fish.

Coconut sugar starts this cooked sauce, followed by shrimp paste, garlic brine and pieces, two distinct pla-ra inputs, mulberry leaves, water and later seasonings.

Concentrated pla-ra liquid and pla-ra ton are combined with shrimp paste, sugar and seasonings, simmered for about 30 minutes, strained and cooled.

Purchased pla ra is boiled with pickled-garlic heads and water, then seasoned, boiled again, cooled and transferred; several captioned ingredient names or amounts remain unresolved.