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What is TABERU-RAAYU?

 

ラー油(RAAYU, or chili oil), that spicy red oil you drizzle over ramen and gyoza, hit the big time in 2010, but this time filled out with such ingredients as fried garlic, fried onion, and ground sesame seeds.

RAAYU or Chili oil (also called hot chili oil or hot oil) is a condiment made from vegetable oil that has been infused with dried chili peppers and sometimes also additional ingredients.

 

It is used as an ingredient in cuisines of Latin America, and of East and Southeast Asia, and Chili oil is typically red in color.

And now, RAAYU is being embraced as yet another topping for rice.

TABERU-RAAYU(食べるラー油) is exactly a meaning "RAAYU to eat".

Momoya; one of the major food companies in Japan released jars of it in 2009.
That name translates to "It looks spicy but isn't too spicy but is a bit spicy" .

This "TABERU-RAAYU" has fascinated a lot of Japanese.