Thursday, December 05, 2019

amazuzuke

Recently came across red-purple daikon at the market.

In Japanese, they called it "aka daikon" on the package, literally red daikon...but this looked more purple to me, especially when I cut into it.

On the package, there was a recipe for amazuzuke which is literally sweet vinegar pickles.

I had used some daikon for salad, so I didn't have the total weight of daikon....if you'd like to try the "marinade" for pickles, here it is...

600 grams daikon, thinly sliced
100 cc vinegar
5 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Let everything marinate for at least half a day...enjoy!

NOTES: the flavors were light when we tried it for breakfast this morning, but the daikon stays crunchy.

I love the purple color!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

did the color stay on the daikon? when you make pickles with raddishes the red skin color comes off but it dyes the raddish pink
v

K and S said...

V, some of the color came off, but for the most part that outer red-purple ring is still there.

Take care.
Kat

Rowena said...

just love this daikon!

K and S said...

Rowena, me too :)

Take care!
Kat

KirkK said...

Very nice Kat!

K and S said...

Thanks Kirk :)

Take care!
Kat

rtkmatsu said...

Thank you for the recipe!!! We made this and was ONO!

K and S said...

Rtkmatsu, glad you enjoyed this :)

Take care!
Kat