noun
nishime; simmered dish
A traditional Japanese dish where root vegetables, konnyaku, and other ingredients are simmered in a soy-sauce-based broth until the liquid is almost completely absorbed.
お正月には、母が煮しめを作ってくれます。
For New Year's, my mother makes nishime for us.
煮しめは、野菜に味がよく染みていて美味しい。
Nishime is delicious because the vegetables are well infused with flavor.
From 煮 (ni, 'simmering') + しめ (shime), the continuative form of しめる (shimeru, 'to tighten, to absorb'), referring to the cooking method where the broth is absorbed into the ingredients.