entrée,
Mr. Pear and I love cucumber very much. The freshness and juiciness feeling make the dish taste extra delicious. This is one of the reasons that we planted the cucumber in our garden. Since we planted the seeds in February till now, we have got more than 15 cucumbers and there are more coming soon.
Now we have supply of cucumbers in our garden, of course, we will make very good use of this fresh produce. While Mr. Pear's signature cucumber salad is my all time favourite, today I made this Japanese cucumber salad from Just One Cookbook and it tasted absolutely fantastic.
Just One Cookbook and Just Hungry are my Japanese cuisine rescuer. There got lots of Japanese cuisine recipes and they are easy to follow. Good for weeknight dinner if you are always busy!
[ Ingredients ]
1 tbsp wakame (seaweed)
1 green cucumber ← my homegrown cucumber :D
1 tsp salt
1 thinly sliced ginger (optional)
Dressing
3 tbsp rice vinegar
1-2 tbsp dashi stock
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
[ Method ]
1 Soak wakame in water for 10 mins. Drain well and transfer to a bowl.
2 Peel the cucumber (I peeled more for other use). Instead of peeling all the skin, alternate so it looks nice. Then cut in half lengthwise and slice into very thin slices.
3 Sprinkle sliced cucumber slices wtih 1 tsp. salt and rub with hand. Set aside for 2-3 minutes. Then squeeze water out and transfer to the bowl. Chill until you are ready to serve.
4 Combine Dressing ingredients in a small saucepan and cook on high heat until the sugar melts completely. Set aside and let it cool down.
5 Right before you serve, pour the dressing over cucumber slices, wakame and ginger slices and mix well together. Serve in small individual dishes.
♥ bon appétit :)
{ Recipe } Sunomono 酢の物 (Japanese Cucumber and Seaweed Salad)
Mr. Pear and I love cucumber very much. The freshness and juiciness feeling make the dish taste extra delicious. This is one of the reasons that we planted the cucumber in our garden. Since we planted the seeds in February till now, we have got more than 15 cucumbers and there are more coming soon.
Now we have supply of cucumbers in our garden, of course, we will make very good use of this fresh produce. While Mr. Pear's signature cucumber salad is my all time favourite, today I made this Japanese cucumber salad from Just One Cookbook and it tasted absolutely fantastic.
Just One Cookbook and Just Hungry are my Japanese cuisine rescuer. There got lots of Japanese cuisine recipes and they are easy to follow. Good for weeknight dinner if you are always busy!
Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber and Seaweed Salad)
{ via Just One Cookbook}
serves 2 | prep 10 mins | cook 1 mins | Japanese
[ Ingredients ]
1 tbsp wakame (seaweed)
1 green cucumber ← my homegrown cucumber :D
1 tsp salt
1 thinly sliced ginger (optional)
Dressing
3 tbsp rice vinegar
1-2 tbsp dashi stock
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
[ Method ]
1 Soak wakame in water for 10 mins. Drain well and transfer to a bowl.
2 Peel the cucumber (I peeled more for other use). Instead of peeling all the skin, alternate so it looks nice. Then cut in half lengthwise and slice into very thin slices.
Point >> You can see the cucumber shrink after you squeeze the water out. It's very important to squeeze as much water out as you can, if not, your salad will be full of water and dilute the sauce that we made.
5 Right before you serve, pour the dressing over cucumber slices, wakame and ginger slices and mix well together. Serve in small individual dishes.
♥ bon appétit :)
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