What is your favorite daikon recipe?

Ok, so I am a pretty good baker, but a not so good cook. And part of that is because I am somewhat afraid of trying recipes, only to have them horribly fail.

So, even though I love Japanese food and most Asian food in general, I am very intimidated by the cooking process.

Well, I got up the nerve, and since I love the sweet daikon and cucumber salad served at some restaurants, I decided to be budget and health concious, and make it myself.

I bought two japanese daikon radishes, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, and cucumbers. I am also considering making my favorite bean sprouts side dish as well.


What is your favorite daikon salad or side dish recipe? Please provide a link if possible.

There are a few recipes on a thread that I started...

It was called the ultimate food...daikon! Sorry but I don't know how to make it a link in this post. If you search daikon you should find it.

I make a soup from soy sauce. Then cook thick slices of daikon, carrot and potato in the broth. When they are tender I add some mochi and voila, I have my version of soup that my mother-in-law makes! Oh, I add bamboo tips too.

I love the sweet daikon and cucumber salad

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I don't know how sweet it is, but an easy salad dressing is...
vinegar:soy sauce: oil:sugar=1:1:1:0.5 (Trust your tongue, and change this to your taste.)
Mix vinegar, soy sauce and sugar well, and then add and whisk your favorite oil. Sprinkle dried bonito shavings, if available.

I love olive oil, so I usually use it.
If possible, it is an idea to use rice vinegar as well as different sourness such as fresh yuzu/lemon juice, Chinese black vinegar, pickled ume paste, or else to make the sourness milder and enrich the flavor.

You can keep grated daikon in a freezer.
I love simple omelet, tamagoyaki, with drated daikon.

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hehehe... Thanks, pipokun.
I will try this.

I'll leave Pipokun's recipe for Hana to down and I'll stick with the basic raw, fresh crunchy Daicon and Yummy salad

Just reminded.. When I first went to Japan.... (Oops, chit-chat)