White Radish

[Labarum]

White radish is my latest discovery - it's tasty and crunchy and almost all fibre, though it does have some useful vitamins and minerals. It's a very large root, so you get a lot of bulk to eat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20iI.html

Anyone else eat it?

What do you do with it?

[not2late]

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I do (whenever I can find them here.) I chop it into cubes and put them into soup or stews, like you would potatoes. They also are good in those brothy Asian style soups and in stir-fries (I slice them into match-stick sized pieces). They're alittle too watery to substitute for potatoes in scalloped potatoes or mashed potatoes, but they make a decent potato pancake: shred the daikon, salt it and let it drain away the excess moisture.

There's also a Chinese dim sum dish called "turnip cake" (no turnips, but it uses daikon.) I have to figure out a way to make it because it uses flour (I guess you could substitute oat flour or a nut flour). Anyhow, it's a savory dish and it's either cooked plain or it has chopped Chinese sausage mixed into it.

[Miss Phode]

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I love Daikon radish in miso soup with butternut squash, onions and wakame.

I also like it sliced thin and served with soy sauce, wasabi, and sesame oil.

Yum yum.

[sallyseachange]

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I've always used it in stir frys too.

[higgies]

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I;m gonna have to try these things. I've seen them in the store all the time. They're pretty large, right?

[Labarum]

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Carrot shaped, upto 12 inches or more long and 3 inches diameter.

Sold as "Bavarian Radish" here in Germany.

How about thinly sliced with sour cream, ladies?

Or this

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/235955

[soliwit]

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Hmm I always make sure I got daikon in my fridge, never go without it, LOL
I indeed use it in salads for that little bite and in stirfrys, soups (hmmm, actually gonna make that today) and stews, I love those roots

[julirama723]

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I've made oven fries out of it, and they're pretty good!

[Labarum]

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How do you make the oven fries? The ones I made were not as tastey as celeriac

[Lyssie]

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I tried to make oven potato chips out of it... please note the "tried". Then again, I can really burn pretty much anything that doesn't come with instructions on exact times/temperatures...

[sadie147]

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I bought it once, then got lazy never did anything with it LOL. I may pick some up tomorrow. Its everywhere here. I've never tried cerliac either...

[D14965]

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Yummy julienned in a salad ... I have also heard that it has powers similar to those attributed to horseradish -ie .it helps you to lose weight ! Not sure if that is true though.

[not2late]

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Celeriac is terrific! you can fry it like french fries, fry it like potato chips, or use it like you would in any potato recipe. It's also good julienned and made into a cole-slaw like salad.