There are 5 ideas on how to prepare scrumptious meal using white Chinese radish namely:
Japanese braised Daikon
Cucumber and Daikon salad
Korean pickled radishes
Daikon soup with tofu mushroom
Chinese Turnip cake
Why don’t you give these recipes a try?
Japanese Braised Daikon
Ingredients:
Radish - 1 pound
Dashi stock -4cups
Sugar, soy sauce- 2teaspoon
Sake - 3 teaspoons
Mirin- 2 tablespoons
Directions:
Slice the radish into round pieces and add the slices into a pot along with sugar, soy sauce, sake and dashi stock.
Boil in a medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
Reduce it to low heat and stir for 2 hours.
Add mirin while the radish is still tender.
Turn off the heat and set it aside for 10 minutes to melt the dish.
Tasty Japanese braised Daikon is ready to serve!
Cucumber and Daikon Salad
Ingredients:
Thinly sliced round cucumber -1
Radish - peeled and thinly sliced into 1/2
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Rice vinegar -5 tablespoon
Sugar - 2 tablespoons
Directions:
Mix the radish and cucumber in a bowl sprinkling it with salt for 10 minutes.
Wash them and drain using a strainer.
Add rice vinegar and sugar in a bowl.
Pour the vinegar mixture over the radish and cucumber slices.
Let it get incorporated well for 15 minutes.
Chill the salad for 30 minutes and a healthy white radish and Cucumber salad is ready to eat!
Korean Pickled Radishes
Ingredients:
Korean radish -1
Sugar, salt, white vinegar - 2 tablespoons each
Directions:
Slice the radish into uniform squares or strips.
Sprinkle salt and sugar and toss the radish gently.
Add vinegar to it. Use 1:1:1 ratio for salt, sugar and vinegar.
Let it sit for 15 minutes before serving.
Delicious Korean pickled radish is ready!
Daikon soup with tofu mushroom
Ingredients:
Dried mushrooms- 1 ounce
Chicken or vegetable broth OR Dashi - 4 cups.
Radish -1
Celery-1 stalk
Silken tofu - 8 ounces
Minced Chile oil, Cilantro, Sesame oil, finely chopped green onions for garnishing.
Directions:
Pour half cup of boiling water over the mushrooms in a small bowl for 15 minutes.
Roughly chop the mushrooms after lifting them up from the water. Reserve the soaked liquid.
In the meantime, bring the broth to a simmer.
After peeling and slicing the radish, add it to the broth .
Thinly slice the celery and add that as well.
Cook for 5 minutes until they are tender.
Cut tofu into thin slices or small cubes.
Add the mushroom and tofu into the pot.
Now pour the soaked liquid into the pot simmering it well for about 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve it immediately into a bowl and garnish it with chopped green onions, cilantro, sesame oil and Chile oil.
Chinese Turnip Cake
Ingredients:
Long grain Thai rice -400g
Water-600ml
Rice flour - 100g
Shredded Daikon- 1kg
Dried prawns-40g
Dried shitake mushrooms- 6
Pork mince-120g
Gammon steak- 1 slice
Banana shallots-2
Garlic-3 cloves
Directions:
Blend the soaked Thai rice (6 hours of soaking required) using a blender.
Mix rice flour (100g) to the blended rice without any lumps. Keep it aside.
Stir fry garlic and shallots by heating some oil in a pan.
Add mushrooms and prawns and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add mince and gammon steak and stir fry for another 3-4 minutes until it is fully cooked.
Put everything on a plate.
On the same pan, cook the radish with all the seasonings.
Now add the mince garnish with the cooked radish and mix them well.
Add water if you feel the mixture is dry.
Next, steam the cake using a steamer for about 45 minutes.
Remove the cake only after it has cooled down.
Heat the pan, add some oil and fry the cake until it becomes brown.
Serve it with sweet chili sauce or soy sauce.
Japanese braised Daikon
Cucumber and Daikon salad
Korean pickled radishes
Daikon soup with tofu mushroom
Chinese Turnip cake
Why don’t you give these recipes a try?
Japanese Braised Daikon
Ingredients:
Radish - 1 pound
Dashi stock -4cups
Sugar, soy sauce- 2teaspoon
Sake - 3 teaspoons
Mirin- 2 tablespoons
Directions:
Slice the radish into round pieces and add the slices into a pot along with sugar, soy sauce, sake and dashi stock.
Boil in a medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
Reduce it to low heat and stir for 2 hours.
Add mirin while the radish is still tender.
Turn off the heat and set it aside for 10 minutes to melt the dish.
Tasty Japanese braised Daikon is ready to serve!
Cucumber and Daikon Salad
Ingredients:
Thinly sliced round cucumber -1
Radish - peeled and thinly sliced into 1/2
Salt - 1 teaspoon
Rice vinegar -5 tablespoon
Sugar - 2 tablespoons
Directions:
Mix the radish and cucumber in a bowl sprinkling it with salt for 10 minutes.
Wash them and drain using a strainer.
Add rice vinegar and sugar in a bowl.
Pour the vinegar mixture over the radish and cucumber slices.
Let it get incorporated well for 15 minutes.
Chill the salad for 30 minutes and a healthy white radish and Cucumber salad is ready to eat!
Korean Pickled Radishes
Ingredients:
Korean radish -1
Sugar, salt, white vinegar - 2 tablespoons each
Directions:
Slice the radish into uniform squares or strips.
Sprinkle salt and sugar and toss the radish gently.
Add vinegar to it. Use 1:1:1 ratio for salt, sugar and vinegar.
Let it sit for 15 minutes before serving.
Delicious Korean pickled radish is ready!
Daikon soup with tofu mushroom
Ingredients:
Dried mushrooms- 1 ounce
Chicken or vegetable broth OR Dashi - 4 cups.
Radish -1
Celery-1 stalk
Silken tofu - 8 ounces
Minced Chile oil, Cilantro, Sesame oil, finely chopped green onions for garnishing.
Directions:
Pour half cup of boiling water over the mushrooms in a small bowl for 15 minutes.
Roughly chop the mushrooms after lifting them up from the water. Reserve the soaked liquid.
In the meantime, bring the broth to a simmer.
After peeling and slicing the radish, add it to the broth .
Thinly slice the celery and add that as well.
Cook for 5 minutes until they are tender.
Cut tofu into thin slices or small cubes.
Add the mushroom and tofu into the pot.
Now pour the soaked liquid into the pot simmering it well for about 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve it immediately into a bowl and garnish it with chopped green onions, cilantro, sesame oil and Chile oil.
Chinese Turnip Cake
Ingredients:
Long grain Thai rice -400g
Water-600ml
Rice flour - 100g
Shredded Daikon- 1kg
Dried prawns-40g
Dried shitake mushrooms- 6
Pork mince-120g
Gammon steak- 1 slice
Banana shallots-2
Garlic-3 cloves
Directions:
Blend the soaked Thai rice (6 hours of soaking required) using a blender.
Mix rice flour (100g) to the blended rice without any lumps. Keep it aside.
Stir fry garlic and shallots by heating some oil in a pan.
Add mushrooms and prawns and stir fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add mince and gammon steak and stir fry for another 3-4 minutes until it is fully cooked.
Put everything on a plate.
On the same pan, cook the radish with all the seasonings.
Now add the mince garnish with the cooked radish and mix them well.
Add water if you feel the mixture is dry.
Next, steam the cake using a steamer for about 45 minutes.
Remove the cake only after it has cooled down.
Heat the pan, add some oil and fry the cake until it becomes brown.
Serve it with sweet chili sauce or soy sauce.
