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Goma-ae: veggies and sesame
The Washoku area was a delight for foodies at Japan Expo last July: if you can’t remember the recipes, it’s time to catch up. Follow Miyuki JO's, Washoku coordinator, instructions to prepare delicious vegetables with a flavor of sesame!
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From today on until December, we welcome Japanese cuisine fans and chefs-to-be with a series of recipes from the Washoku area at Japan Expo 16th Impact last July.
Let’s start with Miyuki JO's goma-ae, a delicious side dish of vegetables and sesame. To find out more recipes, visit our website every week: we’ll publish one or two more recipes every week until Christmas!
Ingredients
For the sauce
- 45g white sesame
- 15ml soy sauce
- 10ml mirin (sweet rice wine)
Vegetables
- 10 string beans (ingen)
- 1/2 carrot (nin-jin)
- 1/2 zucchini
Ingen no Goma-ae
- Grind the white sesame seeds well and mix it with soy sauce and mirin.
- Boil the string beans and cut it into bite-size pieces.
- Mix the sauce and string beans very well.
Ninjin no Goma-ae
- Grind the white sesame seeds well and mix it with soy sauce and mirin.
- Cut the carrots into fine strips and boil them.
- Mix the carrots and sauce very well.
Zucchini no Goma-ae
- Grind the white sesame seeds well and mix it with soy sauce and mirin.
- Cut the Zucchini into thin slices.
- Mix the zucchini and sauce very well.
Tip
If you have the grinded sesame paste ready, it will also go well with other vegetables such as broccoli, cucumber and tomato.
Enjoy! And tell us what it was like in the comments when you try it.
See you next week with new recipes!
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