Oriental-style vegetable salads have long become familiar on our tables. Among them, Korean is not the last place. There are many ways to prepare this dish. As an example, we can consider some of them.
Vegetable pleasure
Korean radish is a real celebration of taste. Such a salad should appeal to those who love aromatic dishes with lots of spices. To prepare it, you will need the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of green radish 1 onion, 2-3 grams of vinegar 6%, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds and vegetable oil, salt, as well as in any quantity of hot red pepper, paprika, zira and cilantro.
Preparing a radish in Korean is not at all difficult:
- First, vegetables must be prepared for work. First of all, the radish should be washed, peeled, and then ground on a grater for Korean carrots.
- The resulting product must be sprinkled with salt, mixed and left in this position for 30 minutes. This time will be enough for the juice to stand out, and with it the excess bitterness has gone.
- Then you need to make a dressing. To do this, chop the onion in half rings, chop the garlic with a special press, and grind the cilantro and ciru well, adding pepper and paprika.
- In a hot skillet, first pass the onion in the oil. Then add the garlic with sesame seeds, cover everything with a lid and let it burn for about 3 minutes. Finally, add the grated spices.
- Squeeze the radish and put in a salad bowl.
- Add the cooked dressing, pour vinegar and mix well.
Before use, such a salad should be allowed to infuse for at least 12 hours.
Simplified version
Korean salads always have a wonderful aroma and spicy taste. Their main distinguishing feature is sharpness. Therefore, with such dishes you need to be extremely careful so as not to harm your own body. Korean radish is unique in that there are dozens of different recipes for its preparation. It all depends on the products that are available. For the simplest version of such a salad you will need:
- 0.6 kilograms of radish, 2 cloves of garlic, 10 grams of salt and the same amount of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of vinegar, as well as 2 grams of ground red and 1 gram of black pepper.
The method of preparing the dishes to disgrace is simple:
- First you need to wash, peel, and then grate the radish. This can be done using a special or ordinary coarse grater.
- Pound the garlic in any convenient way.
- Combine all the ingredients in a plate and mix them well.
If you comply with these proportions, you can get an incomparable snack, which everyone should definitely like.
Great combination
How else is radish cooked in Korean? A recipe may include several vegetables. This will make the taste of the finished dish more diverse and interesting.
As the main components you will need:
- 400 grams of green radish 100 grams of sweet pepper and 200 grams of fresh carrots.
For refueling:
- 3 cloves of garlic, 30 grams of vinegar 6%, 60 grams of vegetable oil, ½ teaspoon of salt and ground coriander, as well as 1/3 teaspoon of black and red pepper.
What should be done to get a delicious radish in Korean? The recipe provides 3 stages of cooking:
- First, the main components must be thoroughly washed and cleaned. After that, each of them needs to be grated using a unique grater for Korean carrots.
- Grind the garlic in a special crush. Put the resulting mass into a separate bowl and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
- Fold chopped vegetables in a salad bowl and pour over the cooked dressing. Put the mixture in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
Due to the presence of carrots and Bulgarian pepper, the salad turns out to be juicy and not very sharp.
Preparations for future use
With the onset of winter, the vegetable season ends. What to do in this case, lovers of vegetable salads? After all, what is sometimes sold in stores does not always inspire confidence regarding freshness and quality. Therefore, it is better to do everything yourself, spending a little time in the summer or autumn. It is very easy to prepare a Korean-style radish for the winter. First you need to sterilize the container, as well as prepare the necessary products:
- 350 grams of fresh radish 40 grams of carrots, 3 cloves of garlic, 10 grams of salt, 15 grams of herbs, 4 grams of sugar and 20 grams of vinegar.
Such a salad is prepared quickly enough:
- Grind washed and peeled radish on a coarse grater.
- Do the same with carrots.
- Cut greens arbitrarily with a knife, and then combine it with chopped vegetables.
- Transfer the resulting mass to jars.
- Add sugar, salt and vinegar on top.
- The contents of the cans pour boiled water.
- Cover the filled container with a lid and send for sterilization.
- At the end of the can should be rolled up, gently turn upside down, tightly wrap and leave to cool completely.
Before serving such a salad, you can season with vegetable oil, mayonnaise or sour cream.
Daikon salad
In the East (for example, in Japan), daikon is considered one of the most popular vegetable crops. Therefore, for them, a salad from this root vegetable will be quite a familiar dish. Yes, and Russians who like savory foods should like Korean daikon radish . To work, you need a certain set of products:
- 250 grams of daikon ½ head of red onion, a teaspoon of wine vinegar, a pinch of salt, 15-20 grams of vegetable oil, as well as a little ground coriander and red pepper.
The cooking process is fast enough:
- First, peeled radish must be crushed. You will need a fine grater or one that is used for Korean carrots. Add salt to the resulting mass and let it stand for a while. After this, the product must be transferred to a sieve so that moisture can drain.
- Slightly fry the onion chopped into thin rings (a couple of minutes) in oil.
- Collect the ingredients in a deep bowl and mix well.
This option is convenient in that no additional time is required. This dish does not need to be insisted. After mixing the components, the salad can be safely served.
Pickled radish
Koreans are just spicy food fans . In addition, they are also very fond of various pickles and marinades. How to cook radish in Korean, taking into account such taste preferences? For this, the easiest way is to ferment it. For this recipe, you will need already familiar products:
- for 2 kilograms of radish, 2 tablespoons of sugar and salt, 6 cloves of garlic, a slice of ginger, 100 grams of fish sauce, a bunch of green onions and red ground pepper (to taste).
Preparing pickled radish as follows:
- First, the vegetable itself must be washed, peeled, cut in sufficiently large cubes and put in a bowl.
- Add sugar, salt, mix well and leave in this position for 30 minutes.
- At this time, you can prepare gas stations. To do this, the remaining ingredients must be collected together and beat in a blender.
- Pour the radish cubes with dressing, mix, put in glass jars and refrigerate for 3 days.
While the product is fermenting, the lid should not be closed too tightly, as air bubbles will form during the fermentation process, forming a foam. After time, the finished radish can be safely served as a fragrant snack even to the festive table.