Sour cream in Japan: what it's called and where to buy it
Sour cream is サワークリーム, sold in small 90 ml tubs. Not every supermarket has it.
Look for this on the label
サワークリーム
sawā kurīmu
Where to find it
In the shop
Dairy case, next to cream cheese and 生クリーム.
Which shops
Larger supermarkets, Seijo Ishii, Costco.
If you can't find it
- Plain yogurt (プレーンヨーグルト) drained in a paper towel for an hour
- Cream cheese loosened with a little milk and lemon
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Cook with it
More ingredients
- Heavy cream
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda and baking powder
- Cilantro (coriander leaves)
- Coconut milk
- Fish sauce
- Gochujang and gochugaru
- Chickpeas and lentils
- Paneer
- Ground beef
- Rice paper
- Cornstarch
- Black beans
- Buttermilk
- Tofu (firm and silken)
- Glutinous (sticky) rice
- Jasmine rice
- Rice noodles
- Lemongrass
- Lime
- Doubanjiang (chili bean paste)
- Shaoxing wine
- Tapioca starch (polvilho)
- Plain yogurt (dahi, curd)
- Ghee
- Cumin, turmeric and garam masala
- Tempeh
- Kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
- Wood ear mushroom