Nori

Nori is a seaweed alga sold dried. Cooks dry-toast it, use it as a garnish or seasoning, and wrap it around rice.

In the kitchen

How to use nori

Toast nori before eating; this is typical but not mandatory.

Shopping

Around the world

2 dishes in the catalogue use nori. Here is where they come from.

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list nori among their ingredients.

The 700s · Japan
Nori was eaten in Japan by the 700s.
About 1750 · Japan
Sheet nori was invented in Tokyo around 1750; previously, nori was eaten as a paste.
The 1960s · United States and Japan
Japanese dried nori became widely available in US natural-food and Asian-American groceries during the 1960s.
The 1970s · United States and Japan
Nori became widely available in the United States in the 1970s as sushi bars and Japanese restaurants increased.

On the table

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include nori.

Around the world

Names in 53 languages, from Wikidata.

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Wikidata item: Q201565