Ama-zake: Ama 甘 means sweet. Zake 酒 means sake, but it is non-alcoholic drink.
Amazake is well-known in Japan because it is a nutritious drink. Because of that, many supermarkets prepare many different kinds of Amazake 甘酒.
Kome-koji Amazake 米麹甘酒
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Sake-kasu Amazake 酒粕甘酒
![Japanese sake lees 酒粕 Sakekasu](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Amazake10.jpg)
This is Japanese sake lees called Sake-kasu 酒粕. You can buy it at supermarkets.
Sake-kasu contains fermented rice and a certain amount of alcohol that is leftover from the process of making the sake.
For this reason, Amazake made with Sake-kasu had a little bit of alcohol. If the Amazake is boiled enough, it then contains less than 1% of alcohol.
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Ingredients
Water, Sake-kasu 酒粕, Sugar or Honey (If you want, you can also add grated ginger, salt, fruit juice and so on.)
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Boil and stir the ingredients.
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Hot Amazake
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Mixed type of Amazake
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These blue and red cans are made from Kome-koji and Sake-kasu. (Less than 1% alcohol)
Pink one is made from Kome-koji. (0.00% alcohol)
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These websites are in Japanese.
Memo
In Japan, people use Sake-kasu (sake lees) for Japanese traditional food and so on.
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きゅうりの粕和え Kyuri-no-sake-kasu-ae
Seasoned Cucumber and Sake-kasu
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数の子わさび漬け Kazunoko-wasabi-zuke
Wasabi pickles mixed with Sake-kasu and Herring Roe.
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