Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, kouhaku namasu (daikon and carrot pickles). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

"Kouhaku" means white and red in Japanese which are the colors for celebration in Japan, and "namasu" means "pickled with vinegar." Let's begin! Slice them thinly first then cut them into matchsticks. Julienned daikon and carrot pickled in a sweet vinegar sauce, Namasu is a refreshing salad commonly served as a Japanese New Year's dish.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kouhaku namasu (daikon and carrot pickles) using 6 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles):

1. Take 600 g daikon radish
2. Make ready 60 g carrot
3. Get 9 g salt
4. Make ready 3 tablespoons sugar
5. Prepare 4 tablespoons vinegar
6. Make ready to taste Yuzu skin

This pickled daikon and carrot can be stored for a couple of days. It would be helpful to have a large amount of Kohaku Namasu in the fridge during the busy year-end and New Year holidays. Namasu is crunchy and fresh with a delightful flavor. It makes a nice side dish to accompany other salads or vegetables.

Steps to make Kouhaku Namasu (Daikon and carrot pickles):

1. In a bowl, combine the sugar and vinegar. Set aside for later.
2. Cut the daikon radish into 5 cm slices.
3. Peel them.
4. Place slices on end and slice thinly.
5. Lay the slices on top of each other.
6. Cut into thin julienne strips.
7. Prepare the carrot similarly to the daikon radish.
8. Place the daikon and carrot into another bowl. Add the salt and then massage the mixture with your hands. First lightly, then gradually increasing in pressure until they are soft and pliable.
9. When the vegetables feel sufficiently pliable, gently squeeze out any excess moisture, but not so much as to make them dry.
10. Mix the vegetables with the sweetened vinegar from earlier. If available, add a small amount of julienned yuzu skins to add fragrance to the pickles.
11. Set it aside in the fridge for at least a day to soak. This is needed to pickle the vegetables. During this time, they will soften and develop a milder flavor.
12. Note: - •To ensure good color distribution, make sure the amount of carrots doesn't exceed 10% of the amount of daikon. - •The amount of salt should make up around 2% of the vegetables in total.

Easy to make, Vietnamese Do Chua, slightly sweet pickled carrots and daikon radishes. Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by. Мисо-суп с сатоимо и редькой дайкон/Satoimo and Daikon Radish Miso Soup. Намасу/Namasu. Дроблёные маринованные огурцы с бэнимосу/Beaten Cucumber Pickles with Benimosu. KOHAKU-NAMASU (Japanese radish & Carrot Pickles) by Vegetable Gohan. Namasu is one of Japan's traditional new years foods. Red (orange) and white color bring you good luck.

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