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Japanese Vegetables with Miso and Sesame Dressing

Japanese Vegetable Market, Kyoto. Photo by Alessandra Zecchini ©

Japanese Vegetables with Miso and Sesame Dressing

Ingredients:
For the dressing:
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon miso paste
A little dashi (vegetable or kombu seaweed stock).

For the vegetables:
1) Choose one vegetable among the ‘white Group’: Potato, Daikon (available in Asian stores), cauliflower…
2) One vegetable among the ‘orange/yellow group’: Carrot, pumpkin, kumara…
3) One vegetable among the ‘green group’: Broccoli, spinach, snow peas, asparagus…
4) Cherry tomatoes to decorate.

To make the dressing grind the toasted sesame seeds with mortar and pestle, then add the miso paste and mix. Slowly add enough dashi (stock, hot or cold) to make a smooth and runny paste. Set aside.

Choose your vegetables, one from each colour group (considering that Japanese food must also be beautiful to look at), and cut into pretty slices. Boil the potatoes, kumara and daikon, but just steam or blanch all other vegetables, as they still need to be crunchy and colourful. Arrange the vegetables in individual bowls as nicely as you can (for example, one small potato, two carrot slices, and 3 snow peas) and drizzle over the dressing. Decorate with a cherry tomato and serve, cold or lukewarm.

Suggestions
It is important to boil or steam the vegetables separately, or they will all taste the same. The leftover dressing can be stored in the fridge for a few days. Make this salad into a main by adding a square of Japanese soft tofu (the type that can be eaten row).

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  1. JoJanuary 1, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Yum! I love Japanese food!

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  2. muppyFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    This sounds like a great idea, healthy and yum!

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  3. Mirah@ Asian Cooking Classes AucklandSeptember 6, 2014 at 4:19 PM

    Your post regarding "Japanese Vegetables with Miso and Sesame Dressing" is really amazing healthy. I have also learned how to cook some Japanese dishes from Sachie's Kitchen where I have learned many Asian cookings.

    Looking for some more posts regarding more delicious items from you.

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  4. Elvis@ Team Building AucklandMarch 18, 2015 at 1:53 AM

    It's been so long I have read your blog for my interest in cooking. Your recipe is worth of learning! I tried this. It works well.

    Kind Regards
    Elvis Donald

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