Maple leaves

Acer palmatum

leaf

Maple leaves kept for a year in salt, then fried in a sweet sesame batter: Minoh's autumn snack.

Origin

Minoh (Osaka, Japan)

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

They are bought already fried, in bags, and eaten as they are, like chips.

Molecules

Beta-carotene (vitamin A) · Lutein and zeaxanthin · Vegetable nitrates · Chlorophyll

Did you know?

The tradition is said to go back more than a thousand years, begun by the monks of Mount Minoh.