Quick Grated Daikon and Carrot Salad

Daikon is revered in Japan for its many medicinal uses, being especially helpful in the digestion of oily foods.
This salad is good for its crunchy texture and Asian flavour. Quick and easy, and makes daikon seem really yummy (which it is!).

  • 4 shiitake mushrooms (soaked, stems removed and sliced)
  • 1 medium carrot
  • 1 medium daikon
  • 1⁄2 c Fresh corriander
  • 1⁄4 of a strip of kombu (about of 10cm)
  • 2 T sesame seeds
  • 1 T Toasted Sesame Oil
  • 1 T tamari
  • 2 T brown rice vinegar1
  • 1 t Mirin






  • simmer the kombu in water that just covers it for 20 minutes (keep the water)

  • dry roast the sesame seeds with a pinch of salt

  • make up the dressing from the sesame oil, tamari, brown rice vinegar and mirin

  • grate the daikon and carrot and place in the serving bowl

  • add the slices of shiitake, sesame seeds and coriander

  • thinly slice the kombu and add to the salad

  • add the dressing, if required to go further, add some stock water from the kombu

Yield
2
Source

Thanks to Kellie

Prep Time
20 minutes