Easiest Way to Autumn Eating on a Dime Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root

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Easiest Way to Autumn Eating on a Dime Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root. Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root I had a lot of burdock root, so I made a healthy dish with konnyaku. Adjust the amount of ingredients to your liking. Cut the konnyaku into varying sizes with a knife (about twice as big as the burdock root), and soak in water for a while.

To prevent it from turning brown and to remove any astringent taste, we typically submerge the root in water with a little bit of vinegar.

The burdock flesh turns pale in color, and since red.

Kinpira means a cooking style that you stir fry and simmer with sugar and soy sauce.

You can cook Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root

  1. It’s 1/2 of Konnyaku.

  2. You need 1 of Burdock root.

  3. It’s 1 tbsp of ☆ Ground sesame seeds.

  4. It’s 1 tsp of ☆ Dashi stock granules.

  5. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of ☆ Sugar.

  6. Prepare 1 dash of less than 1 tablespoon ☆ Soy sauce.

The most common ingredients used for Kinpira is gobo (burdock root) and carrot, but lotus root is another common ingredient for this cooking style.

The name Kinpira comes from legendary muscleman, and that shows how nutritious the dish really is.

If your burdock root is older and not as fresh the cooking time can be even longer.

Gobo is burdock root and a very popular vegetable in Japan.

Sesame Flavored Konnyaku and Burdock Root instructions

  1. Peel the burdock root skin first, shave thinly, and soak in water. Slice the konnyaku thinly..

  2. Boil some water in a pot, put the konnyaku and the burdock root and blanch for 5 minutes. Cool in a sieve and drain..

  3. Combine the ☆ ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Add the boiled konnyaku and burdock root and toss..

It is hard and looks like a tree root, but it gets quite soft when cooked and then it has a mild but distinct flavor.

Though Gobo doesn't contain very many vitamins, it has a lot of fiber and minerals.

Kinpira means a cooking style that you stir fry and simmer with sugar and soy sauce.

Cut konnyaku into bite size pieces.

You can use a spoon to cut konnyaku.