Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles)
Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles)

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In a bowl, combine the sugar and vinegar. Place slices on end and slice thinly. Namasu (なます) is daikon and carrot salad lightly pickled in sweetened vinegar.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook kouhaku namasu (daikon and carrot pickles) using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles):
  1. Take 600 g daikon radish
  2. Make ready 60 g carrot
  3. Prepare 9 g salt
  4. Make ready 3 tablespoons sugar
  5. Prepare 4 tablespoons vinegar
  6. Take to taste Yuzu skin

You shred about a pound of daikon, equal amount carrot and. Namasu is one of Japan's traditional new years foods. Red (orange) and white color bring you good luck. But we eat it on normal days in lunch boxes, or.

Steps to make Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles):
  1. In a bowl, combine the sugar and vinegar. Set aside for later.
  2. Cut the daikon radish into 5 cm slices.
  3. Peel them.
  4. Place slices on end and slice thinly.
  5. Lay the slices on top of each other.
  6. Cut into thin julienne strips.
  7. Prepare the carrot similarly to the daikon radish.
  8. Place the daikon and carrot into another bowl. Add the salt and then massage the mixture with your hands. First lightly, then gradually increasing in pressure until they are soft and pliable.
  9. When the vegetables feel sufficiently pliable, gently squeeze out any excess moisture, but not so much as to make them dry.
  10. Mix the vegetables with the sweetened vinegar from earlier. If available, add a small amount of julienned yuzu skins to add fragrance to the pickles.
  11. Set it aside in the fridge for at least a day to soak. This is needed to pickle the vegetables. During this time, they will soften and develop a milder flavor.
  12. Note: - •To ensure good color distribution, make sure the amount of carrots doesn't exceed 10% of the amount of daikon. - •The amount of salt should make up around 2% of the vegetables in total.

Kohaku Namasu is pickled daikon and carrot, one of the traditional Japanese New Year Osechi dishes. This pickled daikon and carrot can be stored for a couple of days. It would be helpful to have a large amount of Kohaku Namasu in the fridge during the busy year-end and New Year holidays. Also known simply as 'Namasu', this tasty side salad consists of shredded daikon mooli radish and carrot pickled in a sweetened vinegar dressing. Using a spiraliser or mandolin, cut the daikon and carrots into thin strips or julienne by hand.

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