This is the typical winter side dish. Sweet miso sauce is perfect with gentle soft Daikon. I tend to use an electric pressure cooker to save time, but you can cook Daikon in a pot too.
Ingredients (for 4 pieces)
12cm of Daikon, cut in 3cm thickness each, skin removed
1 tablespoon of Hondashi powder
For miso sauce,
4 tablespoons of red miso
4 tablespoons of sugar *depending on miso, you may need more sugar.
3 tablespoons of sake
2 tablespoon of mirin
Instruction
1. Cut Daikon in 3cm thickness, and remove the skin. On one of the flat surfaces, score a cross with 1cm depth. This way is to cook faster.
2. In an electric pressure cooker, place Daikon radish, and cover with water. Add a tablespoon of hondashi. If you cook in a normal pot, cook for 1 hour with a cover, minium heat.
3. Run a pressure cooker, for 15 mins, with high pressure, natural release.
4. Meanwhile, make a miso sauce. In a small sauce pot, add all the ingredients. Constantly mixing with a spatula, cook until it becomes soft and consistent with a low heat. Do not overcook otherwise miso becomes saltier. Try it, and if you want sweeter, add sugar and mix and cook.
5. When Daikon is ready, serve Daikon in a small plate, and add miso sauce on top.