DAIKON SALAD

A simple crunchy daikon salad goes well with your grilled meats or as a light snack by itself. You can make a variation by adding carrots or cucumber too. You may replace the roasted sesame seeds with roasted peanuts for a change.

Made this for A-Z Recipe Challenge ... the alphabet is D 
This is a group where we all make and share the recipe with the chosen alphabet. It is really interesting to think of some innovative recipes for the challenge each time.

Ingredients:
Daikon / mooli ... 1
Sesame seeds .. 1 tbsp (roasted)
Cherry tomatoes .... 4-5
Rocket leaves or daikon greens.. 2-3 sprigs
Red chillies (freash) .... 2

For the Dressing:
Honey ..... 1 tbsp
Dark soya sauce .. 1 tso
Apple cider or white vinegar .. 1 tbsp
Extra virgin olive oil ... 1 tbsp
Chilli flakes ..... 1/4 tsp
Salt ................. 1/4 tsp
Dried parsley ..... 1/2 tsp (use any herbs available)

Method:

Peel and shred the daikon using a shredder or grate it. Leave it in chilled ice cold water to make it extra crunchy.

Dry roast the sesame seeds until they give out an aroma.

Take all the ingredients for dressing in a bowl and whisk them together.

Remove the shredded daikon into a bowl.

Pour the dressing on it.

Mix it well.

Plate it in a serving platter. garnish with the greens, cherry tomatoes, slit red chillies. Sprinkle the roasted sesame seeds on top. Serve chilled.

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