"Chanpuru" is a general name given to dishes made by stir-frying vegetables and tofu. Salt and season to taste. Chanpuru is the most-loved dish of Okinawan home cooking. By extension, the word "Chanpuru" has also come to refer to anything created by freely mixing or blending all sorts of things together. The special feature of Okinawa's culture is its "Chanpuru" mix of elements. In the Ryukyu Kingdom era, Okinawans readily absorbed cultural influences from China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia in the course of trade relations. Down through the ages, the Okinawan people have accepted a variety of cultural imports and assimilated them to create this unique and distinctive "Chanpuru" culture.