A Summertime Simmered Dish: Atsuage & Cucumber Gelée
A Summertime Simmered Dish: Atsuage & Cucumber Gelée

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A Summertime Simmered Dish: Atsuage & Cucumber Gelée. You can make this with winter melon, cucumber, or cantaloupe melon. I thought that since there is already a simmered winter melon dish, then why shouldn't cucumber be simmered too.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook a summertime simmered dish: atsuage & cucumber gelée using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make A Summertime Simmered Dish: Atsuage & Cucumber Gelée:
  1. Take 1 piece Atsuage
  2. Prepare 1 Cucumber
  3. Get 3 tbsp Concentrated mentsuyu
  4. Take 9 tbsp Water
  5. Get 1/8 tsp Kanten
  6. Get 1 tbsp Concentrated mentsuyu
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp Water
  8. Make ready 1 Finely sliced Japanese leek

Daikon's taste varies depending on which part you use. Upper part : sweet, Lower part : peppery. For simmered dish, middle part would be great as it is soft and easier to soak the flavor. Please go check my daikon post for more details.

Instructions to make A Summertime Simmered Dish: Atsuage & Cucumber Gelée:
  1. Peel the skin of the cucumber and roughly chop. Remove the oil from the atsuage, then cut into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Combine the 3 tablespoons of concentrated mentsuyu with 3x the amount in water (9 tablespoons). Add Step 1 and simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. Coat a bowl with water and add Step 2. Chill rapidly (to blend the flavors) and cool.
  4. Separate the liquid from boiling and the ingredients.
  5. Place the kanten, the juices from boiling, and 1 tablespoon concentrated mentsuyu + 1 tablespoon of water (100ml total) in a pot and turn on the heat.
  6. When it begins to boil, let it boil for 1 more minute.
  7. Place into a small Tupperware (or plastic container) until it hardens to make the gelee.
  8. Place the filling ingredients on a plate and top with broken up gelee right before eating. Garnish with leek.

How To Make Simmered Daikon and Atsuage. Always add dense ingredients or parts first - When it comes to leafy greens, there are denser (bottom) and leafy parts. Simmered tofu (두부조림) is tofu braised in a soy sauce based sauce. It's one of my favorite Korean banchan (side dish). Simmered tofu is a healthy dish packed with protein and I think it's even great for vegetarians or vegans.

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