Daikon Salad - Mu Saingchai

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 daikon radish
• 1 nashi or 1 granny smith apple
• 3 spring onions
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 chili, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 peel the radish and either cut into julienne strips or use a vegetable mandolin. peel the nashi and do the same. soak the nashi in cold water with the lemon juice (this stops the pear browning).
• 2 slice all parts of the spring onions finely.
• 3 after toasting the sesame seeds cool slightly and then crush in a mortar and pestle. it doesn't have to be mashed to a paste. mix this with all the other dressing ingredients. the chili is optional.
• 4 drain the nashi and mix with the radish and spring onion and pour over the dressing. let sit for 2 hours before serving to let the flavours develop.