Spicy Daikon Radish stir-fried with tomato

Spicy Daikon Radish stir-fried with tomato

Daikon is the Asian variety of radish.  In English it is also known by ‘white radish’, ‘long radish’, ‘winter radish’ and ‘Oriental radish’. The word ‘daikon’ comes from Japanese language. In mainland China and Singapore, it is called "white carrot" or simply "carrot" because of the similarity of the vegetables' names in Mandarin and Hokkien. The word ‘mooli’ comes from Korean language. It is also known in India by this name. Famous Singaporean street food called 'carrot cake' is made with daikon. There is no carrot in the carrot cake. In Japanese and Chinese cuisine many kinds of pickles are made with daikon.

It has a slightly peppery taste but is milder than normal radish. It helps in kidney function, acne, diabetes, and bloating.

Spicy Daikon Radish

                                         

    Recipe follows in detail with pictures.

                
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves :6

Ingredients

Main

 500 grams daikon radish

Others

90 grams onion, coarsely chopped

50 grams minced or shredded coconut

2 cloves garlic, sliced

1 green chili thinly sliced

10 curry leaves, chopped

1 tomato, sliced into small pieces (1 inch)

2 tbsp vegetable oil

Spices

½ tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp coriander powder

½ tsp pepper powder

¼ tsp turmeric powder

1 dry red chili, broken into small pieces

1 tsp salt

Ingredients for Spicy Daikon Radish stir-fried with tomato

Preparation

Wash and peel the skin of radish.

Peeling the skin

Peeled radish

Radish cut into half

Cut pieces ready  to be shredded

Shred it in a food processor using the shredder blade or hand held shredder.

Shredder of the food processor  which I used

Shredded radish in the food processor

Shredded radish

Add ½ teaspoon of salt. Mix well and let it sit for 15 minutes. Squeeze out all the water and put it aside.

Method

In a medium sized frying pan heat the oil. 

Add dry chili, mustard and cumin seeds and fry for 1 minute. 

Add onion and fry for 10 minutes in low heat.

Adding onion

Add green chili and  garlic

Adding green chili curry leaves and garlic

 Add grated radish. Mix well.

Adding radish

Mixing radish with other ingredients

Cover and stir-fry for 2 minutes. If you like  you can add a little water for the radish to be cooked.

Cover and cook 

Add turmeric powder.

Adding turmeric powder

Add chilli powder,coriander powder and salt  and mix well.  

Adding chili powder,coriander powder and salt

 Stir-fry for another 2 minutes.

Final stir fry

Add tomato 

Adding tomato

Add coconut and fry for another 2 minutes.

Adding grated  coconut

Adding pepper powder The stir-fry is ready.

Adding pepper powder 

Spicy Daikon Radish stir-fried with tomato

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