Japanese Rapeseed Bud Salad
Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original
A Japanese-style "Nanohana Karashi-ae" salad, prepared with blanched rapeseed buds, served with an aromatic sauce made of soy sauce, tahini, mustard, and mayonnaise.
Ingredients
Method
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Gather the rapeseed and separate the buds, flowers, and leaves; for this recipe, use the buds.
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Wash the buds in cold water with a little baking soda and let them drain.
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Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
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While the water is boiling, prepare the sauce by mixing the soy sauce, tahini, mustard, mayonnaise, grated ginger, salt, and pepper.
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When the water is boiling, add the rapeseed tips cut to 3-4 cm.
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Boil for 2 minutes, then remove and place directly into ice-cold water.
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Once cooled, squeeze them well and mix with the sauce.
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Cover the bowl and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, then it is ready to serve.
The story behind this recipe
Actually, this salad is called "Nanohana Karashi-ae," and I found it online while trying to understand how to cook rapeseed.
Let me tell you how I prepared it!
I gathered the rapeseed and separated the buds, flowers, and leaves.
For this recipe, we will use the buds, but you can also cook the other parts of the plant—meaning the flowers and leaves.
Let's get to work!
I washed the buds in cold water with a little baking soda and left them to drain.
Separately, I brought a pot of salted water to a boil.
While the water was boiling, I made the salad sauce from:
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon tahini
1 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon mayonnaise
A little grated ginger
Salt & pepper
Mix everything together.
When the water started to boil, we toss in the rapeseed tips, cut to a length of 3-4 cm.
Let them boil for 2 minutes, after which we take them out and put them directly into ice-cold water.
After they have cooled, we squeeze them well and mix them with our sauce.
We cover the bowl and leave it to marinate for 15 minutes in the refrigerator, after which it can be served.
This salad is a side dish that you can serve alongside chicken, pork, rice, or fish.
I hope you like it :) !
