Cucumber/Seaweed Salad

glowingz
glowingz Posts: 63 Member
edited October 2024 in Recipes
I'm making Japanese food with my japanese housemates, so I thought I'd try out a new recipe.
I haven't made this yet, so I'm wondering if you can get by with less sesame oil so it's not so high in calories.
It's also pretty high in sodium, but it looks delicious, and super easy to make.

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Through the feed opening of a running blender, add, 1 at a time, vinegar, salt and miso, then leaving the blender running, add the oil in a slow thin stream. Toss the dashi kombu (kelp) with enough dressing to coat and let sit for 1 hour.

Toss cucumber (diced into cubes) with everything just before serving, transfer to serving bowls and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

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  • TluvK
    TluvK Posts: 733 Member
    That looks great. I LOVE sesame oil, so this might be dangerous for me. Quick question - did you buy the kelp yet? Asian market? I can't find it anywhere - I don't have any Asian markets nearby.
  • Valechka
    Valechka Posts: 192
    Sounds like a yummy salad :)) Where to buy? I would try order it online?
  • glowingz
    glowingz Posts: 63 Member
    That looks great. I LOVE sesame oil, so this might be dangerous for me. Quick question - did you buy the kelp yet? Asian market? I can't find it anywhere - I don't have any Asian markets nearby.

    Do you have a local health food store? My local co-op sells it, and you can probably buy it at Whole Foods. Dried seaweed, and then you rehydrate.
  • TluvK
    TluvK Posts: 733 Member
    That looks great. I LOVE sesame oil, so this might be dangerous for me. Quick question - did you buy the kelp yet? Asian market? I can't find it anywhere - I don't have any Asian markets nearby.

    Do you have a local health food store? My local co-op sells it, and you can probably buy it at Whole Foods. Dried seaweed, and then you rehydrate.

    No, it just closed ; ( Also, Whole Foods is about 2 hours away - ha ha - I live in a small ski resort town in CO. But, my grocery store sells sheets of Nori - do you know if I can rehydrate that?
  • glowingz
    glowingz Posts: 63 Member
    No, it just closed ; ( Also, Whole Foods is about 2 hours away - ha ha - I live in a small ski resort town in CO. But, my grocery store sells sheets of Nori - do you know if I can rehydrate that?

    I've never tried to do that with Nori? I'm thinking the sheets aren't supposed to be used that way.
    I found this website on all the different seaweeds: http://www.foodsubs.com/Seaveg.html

    I guess I would look into finding some different seaweeds online. I used Eden brand.
    Looks like Amazon sells it, but maybe only in packs of 6? It probably has a really long shelf life though.
    http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Kombu-2-1-Ounce-Packages-Pack/dp/B000LKYTRY
  • jgic2009
    jgic2009 Posts: 531 Member
    Sounds yummy! I haven't made this before (only eaten it!), but that seems like a lot of oil. I would probably start with half of that amount and then add little by little as needed.

    Let us know how it goes!
  • glowingz
    glowingz Posts: 63 Member
    Okay, here's the recipe updated with how I actually made it.
    Turned out super delicious, and the housemates all agreed.
    Super high in sodium, but japanese food tends to be... Maybe this can be adjusted with a modified set of ingredients?

    Sorry I didn't take photos, but it was really pretty too with the sprinkle of black sesame seeds.
    Also, I used red miso paste, which gave the whole thing a red tint. I would suggest yellow paste, for aesthetics mainly.
    Oh, and it might help to rehydrate the seaweed for awhile in plain water to soften it up before soaking it in the oil/vinegar/miso dressing. If you drain it, it might get rid of some of the sodium overload.

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