Aimaze (Simmered Root Vegetables with Vinegar)

Name: Aimaze (Simmered Root Vegetables with Vinegar)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: flattened dried soybeans 20 g; burdock root 40 g; fried tofu pouch 20 g; daikon radish 200 g; carrot 20 g; soy sauce 4 tbsp; mirin 1.5 tbsp; sake 1.5 tbsp; sugar 1.5 tbsp; vinegar 1.5 tbsp

Quick answer

Total time: 40 min
Level: Medium
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients: 10

About this dish

In the Noto area of Ishikawa, this root vegetable side dish is made for New Year and other special occasions.

Flattened soybeans, burdock, and fried tofu simmer in sweetened soy, while daikon and carrot strips are blanched separately and folded in afterward, and each keeps its own texture. Vinegar layered over the soy seasoning puts it somewhere between a simmered dish and a dressed salad.

Ingredients

servings

IngredientAmount

flattened dried soybeans

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Instructions

5 steps

1

Soak the flattened dried soybeans in water.

Shave the burdock into thin strips and soak it in water. Pour boiling water over the fried tofu to remove excess oil, then cut it into thin strips.
2

Cut the daikon and carrot into thin strips about 3 cm long.

Blanch them briefly in boiling water, cool, and squeeze out the water thoroughly.
3

Put the drained soybeans and burdock in a saucepan with the fried tofu.

Add the soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar, then simmer over medium heat until seasoned through.
4

Turn off the heat when the burdock and soybeans are seasoned but still retain some bite.

Add the vinegar and mix it through evenly.
5

Add the squeezed daikon and carrot to the saucepan and fold them gently through the seasoned mixture.

Serve warm or allow the aimaze to cool completely.