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Daikon from seed.

Daikon (or mouli or white radish, as you may know it) is one of my favourite vegetables. You can eat the whole plant, not just the white...

Grow your own kabocha.

Here's the latest in my "grow your own Japanese veggies" posts. This time, we're looking at pumpkins, or "kabocha" in Japanese. Not only...

Simmered Japanese Pumpkin.

Hello everyone. I still have a few pumpkins growing in the garden and one leftover in the larder, so I thought I'd make another...

Simmered Hijiki.

Here's a very traditional Japanese side dish that uses a seaweed common in East Asia but (as far as I know) nowhere else - it's called...

Kombu Tsukudani.

OK, first things first. What is tsukudani? Answer: Tsukudani is a cooking technique that involves simmering ingredients in a soy & mirin...

Japanese simmered Burdock (or, a little bit of detox does you good).

Here's another dish to give your body a nutritional boost - simmered burdock and carrot, which in Japan, is called "kinpira gobo."...

Simmered Chicken and Daikon.

Now that autumn is here, it's time to start making some dishes for cooler darker, evenings - something warming and nutricious. This week,...

Hail the humble Turnip!

My latest post is another recipe designed to help you recover from the excesses of Christmas and New Year. This dish is called Simmered...

Daikon in Miso sauce.

The daikon (AKA white radish or mooli) is a much beloved vegetable in Japan - you'll find it featured in many classic Japanese woodblock...

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