Red-and-White Salad (Kohaku Namasu)
Red-and-White Salad (Kohaku Namasu)

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Kohaku Namasu (red and white salad) Kohaku means red and white, and signifies happiness and celebration in Japanese culture. This simple salad is served during Oshogatsu, the New Year's holiday celebration. Cut the daikon and carrot into sengiri, or thin julienne.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have red-and-white salad (kohaku namasu) using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Red-and-White Salad (Kohaku Namasu):
  1. Make ready 300 g Daikon white raddish
  2. Take 80 g carrot
  3. Take 1 tsp salt
  4. Take 2 tbsp sugar
  5. Make ready 3 tbsp rice vinegar

The vegetables will release quite a bit of water. The first is 紅白なます (Kohaku-namasu - literally, red-and-white salad), which is made of Japanese radishes and carrots. It's one of our traditional New Year's foods. 紅白 means red and white which symbolizes celebration. It tastes sour because it's soaked in vinegar.

Instructions to make Red-and-White Salad (Kohaku Namasu):
  1. Cut radish and carrot into fine strips.
  2. Rub salt in cut the radish and the carrot. And leave it for 10 minutes.
  3. When all ingredients are shrunk, drain the excess water. Season sugar and vinegar and mix them.
  4. Store in a jar and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes.

Clean refreshing salad often a part of New Year's fare, but delicious anytime of the year. In Japan, red represents keeping evil and misfortune away, while white represents purity… together, the two colors are considered auspicious in Japan. Kouhakunamasu resembles traditional Japanese ribbons and kouhaku means red and white. Red and white are the colors typically associated with celebrations. It a very healthy vinegar salad so good for appetizer for everyday dish as well.

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