Vegetable Nimono

Name: Vegetable Nimono
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 12 snow peas; Pinch salt; 1 to 1½ large carrots; 1 bamboo shoot, boiled; 1 lotus root, at least 6 inches (15 cm) long; 1½ cups (350 ml) Dashi; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sugar; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) soy sauce; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sake; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) mirin

Preparation info

Yield:
4
Servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Simply Bento

By Yuko and Noriko

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

12 snow peas
Pinch salt
1 to 1½ large carrots
1

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Blanch the snow peas with the pinch of salt. Set aside.
Cut the carrot into twelve ½-inch-thick (13 mm) rounds, then cut the rounds with a small flower-shaped cookie cutter. Cut off the top 3 inches (7.5 cm) of the bamboo shoot and vertically cut this piece into 8 pieces. Use the remaining bamboo shoot for another dish. Slice the lotus root into twelve ½-inch-t