This
post of Kiki made me realize that I hadn't made daikon-and-carrot salad instead of namasu (osechi ryori).
Kikiさんのこの
投稿で、なます（おせち料理）の代わりに大根とにんじんのサラダを作っていないことに気付きました。
I made daikon-and-carrot salad as part of supper tonight.
今日の夕飯に大根とにんじんのサラダを作りました。
I used the last three of the yuzu my father had sent us.
父からもらった柚子の最後の３つを使いました。
As you may know, a yuzu contains a lot of seeds and not much juice. I managed to extract this amount of juice from the three yuzu.
ご承知の通り、柚子は種がいっぱいで、果汁はあまりありません。柚子３個からどうにかこれだけ果汁を絞りました。
To the juice, I added equal amounts of water and soy sauce and 1/4 tsp instant dashi to make instant ponzu.
果汁に水をしょう油を同量足し、出汁の素を小さじ1/4杯入れ、即席のポン酢を作りました。
1/3 daikon
1/2 carrot
1 tsp salt
Combine them all, let stand, and squeeze, and add some yuzu zest.
大根 1/3本
にんじん 1/2本
塩 小さじ１
全部混ぜて、放置し、絞って、柚子の皮と加える。
This salad was very, very good!
このサラダはとても美味しかったです！
I made tazukuri-like snack without almonds, using 130 g niboshi. (See "Osechi Ryori 4: Tazukuri/御節（おせち）料理４：田作り" for details.) It was so good that we finished it off today.
煮干しを130 g使って、田作りに似たスナックをアーモンドなしで作りました（「Osechi Ryori 4: Tazukuri/御節（おせち）料理４：田作り」をご参照）。美味しくて、今日全部食べちゃいました。
I also made kimchi, using "Kimchee Base".
「キムチの素」を使ってキムチも作りました。
The main dish was cream stew, made with store-bought stew mix.
メインディッシュは、市販のシチューのルーで作ったクリームシチューです。
10 comments:
I wish I could buy this little dried sardines here. I have seen them a lot about 10 years ago but since then they vanished from the asia stores. I would really like to try your osechi recipe for sugary almond sardines.
This salad looks so simple and delicious. I wish I could find yuzu here (I have some yuzu juice in a bottle, it's not the same I know...).
Last year they were selling yuzu in the Japanese shop: they looked "tired" and were about 6 dollars for one small piece... I regret I didn't buy one at least to taste: they probably won't import them this year.
Kiki, if you want I will send you some dried sardines with pleasure. They have them here in every Japanese shop. Please let me know!
Kiki: I hope you find them somewhere soon because the dish is very easy to make yet very tasty. Note that this dish is NOT an osechi ryori. I knew that my children wouldn't eat much tazukuri, so I had to make something else that would suit them.
Sissi: I think that yuzu juice in a bottle should taste the same as fresh, provided that it is 100% yuzu juice, but the real value of yuzu is their zest.
Yuzu are expensive even in Japan. They usually cost about 100 yen per piece.
I'm not sure if this trick will work with yuzu, but with lemons and limes, you can put them in the microwave for 10 seconds and they'll supposedly give you more juice.
Cheryl: Thank you for the tip. I will try the tip the next time I squeeze a yuzu. Sorry I don't have any left in the house.
happen to have recently made kimchi too!
You are so lucky to have yuzu! Here, it's so expensive and hard to find!
Shu Han: Thanks for your comment. I visted your blog and found you made real home-made kimchi!!! I hope I can make it the way you do some day. The only problem is that Korean red peppers are hard to come by in Japan.
I AM lucky to have a generous father who is willing of send us boxes of his produce.
Hi Hiroyuki, your daikon and carrot salad looks delicious! How long do you let it stand for before you squeeze the juice out? Thanks!
YSC: 10 minutes or so, if I remember correctly. That depends. Add 1 tsp salt, mix with a pair of chopsticks (not your hand), let stand for 5 min., check that enough water has come out. If not, mix again with chopsticks or your hand, and let stand for another 5 min.
I like to use chopsticks for mixing because if I use my hand, my hand gets much of the salt I added!
The salad *was* tasty, and my son said, "I want to have a salad of yuzu peelings only."
Ha ha! That's a great tip about using chopsticks! I definitely can't wait to try making a salad like this. Since I don't have yuzu, I might try to use the Meyer lemon I've been growing in my garden. I bought a small bush last year and it finally has some fruit. You can also apparently grow yuzu in California, but I'm afraid I don't have the space in my small garden.
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