Friday, August 22, 2008

stewed daikon & beet greens


Stewed daikon with scallions, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, and cilantro, from Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian bookbook.
Improvised beet greens (free from the farmers market) with sweet hoisin sauce.

2 comments:

Jen said...

what is daikon? sometimes i stay away from veggies if i don't know what they are, which is kind of silly.

josh said...

daikon is a big white radish. It's bitter like a radish when raw, but more like a potato when cooked.

for more info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon