PROJECT Kiriboshi Daikon

Mar 16, 2024 | Kitchen PROJECTS, Year-Round

Cooking with KIRIBOSHI DAIKON in your kitchen.

This versatile ingredient can be used in soups, pickles, rice dishes and a variety of sides, too. Here are a few recipes to get you started:

Kogane Meshi, a takikomi-style rice dish

Granny’s Sun-Dried Radish, a stirfry-style side dish

Hari Hari-Zuké, a gingery sun-dried radish pickle
(KANSHA, Ten Speed Press), pg. 204

Packages of kiriboshi daikon are available outside Japan in most Asian groceries. It is best to buy sun-dried product, tenpi-boshi, rather than chemically dried radish so that the soaking liquid can be used as a stock. Check labels carefully. Or, download instructions to make your own  Home-Made Kiriboshi Daikon.

 

Want to know more about kiriboshi daikon? Check out the KITCHEN CULTURE blog

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