Recipe ingredients and directions:
1 1/2 bunches spinach
2 tablespoons white sesame seeds
2 teaspoons dashi stock
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
lemon rind
salt
Remove roots of spinach. Rinse the spinach and score stems. Boil
spinach in water with salt and immerse briefly in cold water. Drain
thoroughly and cut it into 3-4 cm lengths.
Roast sesame seeds and grind in a suribachi (Japanese grinding
bowl). Add dashi stock, soy sauce and sugar and mix well to make
sesame soy sauce.
Mix boiled spinach with (2)-sesame soy dressing and place mixture
in a serving dish. Garnish with julienne strips of lemon, soaked
in water.
NOTES: Do not over-boil the spinach.
Category: Asian Recipes