After broiling mainly freshwater fish such as ayu (sweetfish), carps, gobies, crucian carps, and lake smelts without seasoning or as raw, simmer them in the soup with soy sauce, mirin (sweet cooking rice wine), and plenty of sugar and mizuame (starch syrup) to have 'teri' (glaze).
アユ、コイ、ニジマス、ハゼ、フナ、ワカサギなど主に淡水性の魚を、生のままあるいは素焼きした後、醤油、みりんにたっぷりの砂糖や水飴を加えた汁で「照り」が出るように煮たもの。