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Very simple but refreshing salad that takes no time to make. Salty and sour pickled plum adds a unique flavour to the dressing, which goes so well with Daikon Salad.

Daikon Salad with Pickled Plum Dressing

You can enjoy the distinct flavour of bamboo shoots in this dish, Rice with Bamboo Shoots (Takenoko Gohan). To preserve the delicate flavour of the bamboo shoots, I simply cook them with rice in a lightly flavoured dashi stock.

Rice with Bamboo Shoots (Takenoko Gohan)

Somen (or sōmen) is a very thin noodles served cold which makes it a perfect summer dish. Noodles are served in chilled water and the dipping sauce is also chilled.

Somen (Japanese Cold Noodles)

an-fried eggplant topped with sweet miso sauce, Miso Grazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku) is a very simple side dish or appetiser. Sweet miso goes so well with eggplant, which melts in your mouth.

Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)

Scrambled Tofu is a delicious vegetarian side dish. Or perhaps you could call it a warm salad. It is a typical home cooking dish and quite simple to make.

Scrambled Tofu (Iri Dofu)

Edamame is served at Japanese restaurants but you can make it easily at home and it’s much cheaper. Perfect snack for a crowd. It goes very well with drinks, particularly beer, but I don’t mind any drinks with edamame.

Edamame

The combination of rice, daikon (white radish) and aburaage (fried thin tofu) in daikon gohan is just perfect. This is another mixed rice recipe similar to Shimeji Gohan (rice with Shimeji Mushrooms) but the soy sauce flavour of the rice is slightly stronger. Use konbu dashi stock to make it 100% vegetarian.

Rice with White Radish (Daikon Takikomi Gohan)

Tataki kyuri is a simple but unique cucumber salad. By smashing the cucumbers, the dressing penetrates into each piece. Ginger and soy sauce in the dressing gives this salad a Japanese touch.

Tataki Kyuri (Smashed Cucumber Salad)

Gomoku Gohan (Japanese Mixed Rice) is rice cooked in seasoned dashi stock with 5 vegetables. You can almost eat the rice by itself without any other dishes!

Gomoku Gohan (Japanese Mixed Rice)

Goma-ae (胡麻和え) is a side dish made with vegetables and sweet sesame dressing. This is a pure vegetarian dish and very quick to make. The dressing has the full flavour of sesame with a little bit of sweetness and it goes so well with the slight bitterness of chrysanthemum leaves. 

Chrysanthemum Leaves Goma-ae (Sweet Sesame Dressing)

Agedashi Tofu (or Agedashi Dofu) is one of the a-la-carte dishes you always find on the menu at Japanese restaurants. It is delicate and simple but so yummy. The sweet soy sauce-based dashi goes so well with deep fried tofu.

Japanese Fried Tofu (Agedashi Tofu)

Gomoku-mame (五目豆, Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables) is a wonderful, healthy vegetarian dish. Soybeans are cooked with diced root vegetables in a sweet soy sauce flavour. It keeps well for several days in the fridge and you can freeze it, too.

Gomoku-mame (Simmered Soybeans with Vegetables)

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