Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, osechi flower vinegar-pickled lotus root. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Place into the vinegar after it has cooled, add in the red peppers, and you will be able to use this for half a day as-is. Cut small, angled 'V' shapes from the edges of the slices, between the small holes (see picture above). Great recipe for For Osechi and Special Occasions: Vibrant Red and White Vinegar-Pickled Lotus Root. I try my best to garnish my celebratory dishes with natural leaves and flowers.
Osechi Flower Vinegar-Pickled Lotus Root is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Osechi Flower Vinegar-Pickled Lotus Root is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have osechi flower vinegar-pickled lotus root using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Osechi Flower Vinegar-Pickled Lotus Root:
- Get 2 pieces, each one about 200 grams Lotus root
- Take 2 tbsp Vinegar for soaking
- Prepare 400 ml Water for soaking
- Get Pickling vinegar:
- Prepare 180 ml Sushi vinegar
- Make ready 3 tbsp Sugar
- Prepare 220 ml Water
- Take 1 Takanotsume
- Prepare 1 same amount as the water Pomegranate vinegar
I always love lotus root for its beautiful natural design. If you want to make lotus root into a flower shape, see the optional step below. OPTIONAL: Flower Shape Lotus Root (Hana. The chrysanthemum, or kiku, one of the national flowers of Japan, represents longevity.
Instructions to make Osechi Flower Vinegar-Pickled Lotus Root:
- Examine the lotus root checking if it meets this criteria. Number 1: Use one that is round and doesn't have any indents. Number 2: make sure the holes are evenly distributed!
- You can easily peel using a vegetable peeler. Wash the lotus root before peeling, and slice .
- Place the slices into vinegar water. This picture is the amount of vinegar water remaining after cutting, soaking, and draining. Please use it as a guide.
- My family uses 7~8 mm slices. Using slices that are a bit thicker makes it easier to carve into flowers. Cut out a triangle between the holes.
- Like this.
- Use the outer edge of the knife to round it out. It is easy to stick a finger into the hole and adjust from there.
- Boil 1 liter of water, add in 1 tablespoon vinegar, and bring to a boil, add in the lotus root and boil for about 2 minutes, and then drain in a sieve to cool.
- Place into the vinegar after it has cooled, add in the red peppers, and you will be able to use this for half a day as-is. If you make it on the 31st, then it will be okay New Years morning.
- Pickle in the pomegranate vinegar to turn them a pretty pink color .
- It's finished.
OPTIONAL: Flower Shape Lotus Root (Hana. The chrysanthemum, or kiku, one of the national flowers of Japan, represents longevity. For osechi, some turnips are dyed red and cut up to resemble the shape of a kiku flower. The red and white turnip flower petals are seasoned with vinegar and make for a good appetizer dish. Kobu-maki (seaweed rolls) Another red-and-white food you'll find is called namasu - typically daikon and carrots pickled in vinegar.
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