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Japanese Seaweed Salad




Photo by Alessandra Zecchini ©


I found a punnet of seaweed salad in the Asian store, ready to eat. I think it is called Hiyashi Wakame in Japanese, but I am not sure and they didn't know the name in the shop, they just told me "Seaweed - good for salad!". I rinsed it (just in case), and I made a dressing with:

2 tbsp Japanese rice vinegar
1 tbsp Mirin (sweet cooking sake)
1 tsp toasted sesamy seeds

and decorated the salad with calendula petals.

But you can also add a tablespoon of light Japanese Soy sauce (I didn't because it was part of a Japanese meal with many dishes and there was Soy sauce on the side). If you don't have, or like seaweed, you can substitute it with cucumber cut into thin Julienne strips (or as a combination of seaweed and cucumber).

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  1. AlessandraJanuary 9, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Hi VIncent, thank you for the offer; why not? I'll have a look now.

    :-)

    Alessandra

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  2. Mary BergfeldJanuary 9, 2010 at 2:16 PM

    This looks wonderful and the dressing you made is perfect for the seaweed.

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  3. Simply LifeJanuary 9, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    oh I've never had this before - looks so fresh and healthy!

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  4. AlessandraJanuary 9, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    @ Mary: Thank you ;-)

    @ Simply life: yes, it is incredibly 'fresh' tasting, and ever so healthy!!!

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