Get Miso Paste Background. No one puts miso in a corner. It's a mash of cooked soybeans, a grain—usually rice, barley, or soybean—that's been cultured with a mold called koji, a bit of miso from an earlier batch thinned.

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It's a fermented soybean paste. Miso paste or miso is a brown paste made from fermented soybeans. It can be eaten cooked or raw.

It's a fermented soybean paste.

Miso paste is fermented soy bean paste and essential in japanese cooking. No one puts miso in a corner. In this article, you'll learn what miso paste is and how to use this tasty asian seasoning. I read somewhere that japanese monks invented miso and soy sauce to incorporate great flavors into vegetarian meals (also called 'umami').