Lotus Root and Sesame Salad
Lotus Root and Sesame Salad

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Great recipe for Lotus Root and Sesame Salad. This is a variation of "Kinpira Gobo" (stir fried spicy burdock root). If you add mayonnaise to kinpira, it becomes a delicious, earthy salad.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook lotus root and sesame salad using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lotus Root and Sesame Salad:
  1. Make ready 200 grams lotus root
  2. Get 1/3 of a carrot
  3. Make ready 50 grams green beans
  4. Get 2 tsp sesame oil
  5. Get 100 ml dashi stock
  6. Get 1 tbsp soy sauce
  7. Make ready 2 tsp sugar
  8. Make ready 1 tsp mirin
  9. Take 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  10. Take 1 heaping teaspoon Japanese mustard
  11. Make ready 2 tbsp white toasted sesame seeds
  12. Get 1 tbsp white sesame paste

Drain the roots and put them into the boiling water. Take pot off heat and cover pot with lid. Drain and rinse with cold water. Pat dry and put in a shallow bowl.

Instructions to make Lotus Root and Sesame Salad:
  1. Peel the lotus root, and slice into 2 mm thick. Soak in plenty of water and wash well. Change the water 2 to 3 times until the water is no longer cloudy.
  2. Add a little vinegar to plenty of water, add the washed lotus root slices and soak for about 10 minutes. Rinse off the lotus root slices under running water, and drain in a sieve.
  3. Cut the carrot into quarters and slice into 2 mm thick. Parboil the green onions in salted water, and cut into thirds.
  4. Put the sesame oil, lotus root and carrot in a pan and cook over high heat. Stir fry for about a minute, then add the dashi stock, soy sauce, sugar and mirin. Stir fry as you simmer down the liquid.
  5. Keep stirring until there liquid in the pan is almost gone. Transfer to a bowl, and leave to cool.
  6. Grind the sesame paste quickly in a grinding bowl. Add the mayonnaise and mustard and mix. Add the stir-fried vegetables from step 5 and boiled green beans. Mix well and serve.

In a bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chili oil and cilantro. Pour dressing over lotus roots and garnish with sesame seeds. Lotus root is good at strengthening your stomach and lung function. Lotus root even looks like a human lung. Garnish with scallion and sesame seeds.

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