Course Appetizer, Pasta & Noodles, Pickle/Chutney/Salsa etc., Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian, Japanese
Keyword cucamelon, shirataki, sunomono variation, vegan
Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes minutes
Total Time 20 minutes minutes
Dashi is simultaneously a simple ingredient and something of a complex one. To keep this recipe vegan and to give it a greener, less marine flavour, I make kombu-dashi, made with kombu (seaweed) only. You can also make a standard pescetarian dashi with kombu and katsuobushi. If you've never made your own dashi I do strongly recommend trying it, but you can also find instant dashi in Japanese grocery stores. Purchase carefully though, as the quality of ingredients varies a great deal, and many are primarily MSG. If you can't find or make dashi in any form, you can subsitute water - you lose a little bit of the depth of flavour, but the sunomono still turns out wonderfully.