Name: Dashi simmered vegetables (Nishime)
Yield: serves 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 2 tbsp soy sauce; 30 cm piece of kombu; 4 tbsp dashi; 1 carrot, peeled; 1 burdock root, peeled; 2 tbsp light soy sauce; ½ lotus root; 12 satoimo (taro); Some salt; 4 tbsp mirin; Some yuzu (Japanese citron), if available; 8 small shiitake mushrooms; 12 mange tout

Ingredients

For the stock

4 tbsp dashi
4 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp</

Asia
Japan
Main course
Microwave

Method

Soak the kombu in cold water until soft, then cut into 1.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide pieces and tie into knots. Place the shiitake mushrooms in a heat-resistant container. Pour in plenty of tepid water, cover with cling film, then heat for 2 minutes in the microwave. When cool enough, cut off their stalks.
Cut the carrot and burdock into pyramid sha