A taste Of My Past

Now that you are cooking more and more, instead of eating out, have you gotten tired of the same old recipes yet? Are you ready to do a culinary exploration into Hawaiian food recipes? How about Hawaiian food recipes? There is an eclectic mix of Hawaiian food recipes just waiting for you!

I was absolutely thrilled when I found a cook books that was printed back in the 60’s. It felt like I found a treasure chest of old time flavors and couldn’t wait to get home to start flipping through the pages. I was more exciting than a little boy riding a brand new bike

In that cook book I found a recipe for something I haven’t had for a while, TAKUAN. It’s yellow, it’s crunchy, it’s sweet, it’s spicy and it’s delicious. It’s pickled Japanese radish.

Takuan is found in many of the bentos (Japanese prepackaged box lunch) that are so common in Hawaii.

But bentos are a thing of the past for me, all of the places that I knew which sold bentos have closed down. Sure, it can still be found in supermarkets, but it’s not cheap and it doesn’t last long since I can eat a whole jar by myself.

I was really excited to try this hawaiian food recipes. I couldn’t wait to eat home-made takuan. I like the idea of having as much as I want, as often was I want and saving money all at the same time! Now how much better can it be!

Takuan

The daikons that I get are kind of thick (about 3 inches in diameter) so cut in quarters down its length and then cut it into thins slices. (about 1/16 of a inch). I do it this way because I think it is quicker as opposed to using the daikon whole.

2 daikons, appx 3 lbs, peeled cut into quarters and then into thins slices

2/3 cups sugar

2 Tbsp Hawaiian salt cups (kosher salt will do)

Dried chili pepper (to taste)

¼ tsp yellow food coloring, it should have a bright yellow color (optional)

The ingredients should be just enough to coat the daikon, the salt will help draw out the moist from the daikon to make a tasty liquid.

Let this sit in the refrigerator for a day or two. Then it is ready to eat. Enjoy your new Hawaiian recipes.