Yes, dashi is easy to make at home. Dashi is a Japanese soup stock and it's essential in many Japanese dishes. Making your own dashi is easy and fun.The basic Kombu and Bonito Dashi ("Awase-dashi") recipe along with some tips can be found in our Classic Donabe recipe page here. For busy people who just don't have time to prepare homemade dashi, we recommend premium-quality dashi bags (like tea bags) Jin by Uneno from Kyoto, Japan. Each bag contains a blend of dried bonito flakes, kombu, and shiitake mushrooms. These are all natural ingredients with no additives. It's very easy to use as you simply need to put the bag with water in a pot and heat to infuse. Or, different brands of dashi bags can be found at Japanese grocery stores. Depending on the brand, the ingredients are different. We suggest you make sure to choose the high-quality natural kind without additives.