Using fluorescence microscopy and other analytical techniques, the team found that the Sakurajima Daikon radish induced more nitric oxide production in these vascular cells than a smaller
Japanese radish.
A special selection of Obanzai dishes include Ebi Kimini (prawn twisted into flower shapes); Kohaku Namasu (healthy vinegar salad); Onsen Tamago (silky egg whites and custard-like yolk); Hiyayakko which is made with chilled tofu and toppings; Cold Somen (white Japanese noodles made of wheat flour); Saba Misoni (mackerel cooked in miso sauce); Kuri Acharazuke (radishes and turnips with cut kombu seaweed and carrots in special vinegar brewed with soy sauce, sugar and sweet rice wine); Kiriboshi Daikon (dried
Japanese radish strips); Ebi-no Sunomono; Tori no Nanbanzuke; and Tsukemono Moriwase, among others.
Cooked until just tender, this
Japanese radish tasted powerfully of itself, was nicely seasoned with what looked like a Togarishi spice mix and came with coriander oil, sliced raw radishes and pomegranate seeds.
My favourites, I think, were the super-crisp
Japanese radish, a triumph of texture with a light delicate flavour.
- In open-air fields: cabbage, daikon (
Japanese radish) other leafy and root vegetables
Oriental radish (to which Chinese radish,
Japanese radish and mooli belong) is crisp with a mild flavour.
The lunches included potato miso soup, komatsuna leaf salad and
Japanese radish with ground meat, the officials said.
I had some - for professional reasons - and it ticked as many boxes as cabbage can, but the salmon with pink peppercorns on a bed of pulped daikon (
Japanese radish) I had was really excellent.
At the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, prices of some vegetables have been on the rise for about two weeks, with the weekly average for the July 9-15 period coming to 2,037 yen per 5 kilograms of green onion and 1,050 yen per 10 kg of
Japanese radish, both up more than 20 percent from the previous week.
The more difficult one is to clean and put them in a bath of finely grated daikon (
Japanese radish) and knead them using fingers.