This post or rather this recipe is very close to my heart. This comes from one of the places I love and a place that was my home for a few years.Read on and you will know..
This salad recipe comes all the way from China, the country that became my second home! As soon as we were married, we moved to this country and I really did not know what to expect there. It was going to be totally different. Right from the culture, language,our home, everything was new to us…
After a few days of settling in, I loved this place and this place happens to be a beautiful city in the Jiangsu Provence in China.
The recipe that I am posting today under the letter ‘C’ for the blogging Marathon A – Z theme belongs to the Jiangsu cuisine.
C- Congyou Bailuobosi
Theme – International [Chinese]
Let me tell you a little about this province…..
Jiangsu province has around 106 cities and 1242 towns and townships. This province is said to be the most populated places in China!
Some of the popular cities in the Jiangsu Province are
Nanjing – The Capital of the Jiangsu Province
Changzhou
Taizhou
Suzhou
Wuxi
Yancheng
Yangzhou
Dafeng
Before I take you to the recipe,let me walk you through some of the beautiful sites of the Jiangsu Province.
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| A reed boat in the the Dazong scenic area |
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| A Pagoda and Buddha in the Dazong scenic area |
More clicks and facts in my blog – My foot prints on Earth…
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| Milu Deer Park [National Park] in Dafeng |
Read more about it here which also has a lot of pics from our trip to this beautiful place…
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| At the entrance of Renmin Park[People’s Park]-Dafeng |
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| Sea Salt museum – Yancheng |
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| Movie set – Wuxi |
This is the place where they shoot the episodes of some famous historical series. It is a very vast area with settings belonging to the age old China!We were lucky enough to catch an episode being filmed there!
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| Ling Shan Buddha Temple – Wuxi |
The Buddha statue here measures 3.5 meters and weighs 12 tons!
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| Dinosaur Theme Park – Changzhou
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Did you enjoy the virtual tour of the Jiangsu Province?
Now it is time for the recipe….
The Jiangsu Cuisine is well noted for it simple technique and tasty dishes.This one is no exception… It can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish.
When I first came across this recipe, I wondered if it will be as tasty as was mentioned. But the very first bite told me that I will be making it more often.
I used:
Recipe Source : Madam Huang’s Kitchen
White Radish [Bailuobo] – 1 large
Green onions [Cong You] – 3 stalks, green parts thinly sliced
Salt- 2 teaspoons
Vegetable Oil- 2 tablespoons
Toasted sesame seeds- 1 teaspoon to garnish
- Peel and grate the radish. Do not grate in a fine grater. We need radish ‘threads / strands’.
- Sprinkle salt over the radish , toss and and let it sit in a colander for a couple of hours.
- Take the radish thread and gently squeeze out the moisture and refrigerate for 2-3 hours until thoroughly chilled.
- Take the thinly sliced green parts of the spring onion in a heat proof bowl, preferably metal / ceramic.Heat the oil in a small pan and pour over the spring onion and swirl it around using a chopstick / fork.
- Now add the chilled radish into the scallion oil and mix well. Let the flavors combine for at least an hour. Serve garnished[chilled] with toasted sesame seeds…
And the props that you see in the above picture are also from the Jiangsu province. The deer is a souvenir from the Milu National Park and the little blue doll is a speciality from Suzhou….
Sending this to Srivalli’s Side dish Mela…
Take a look at the Blogging Marathon page to check out what my friends are cooking in this A- Z series in BM 32…
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very very healthy salad dear 🙂 prefect choice for letter C 🙂 very new to me 🙂
Can guess how strange it might be for a new married couple na.. Even i had the same experience when i came here.
Salad looks interesting,quite unique and crunchy.
PJ, I always wondered how hard it must have been for you, yet you always show how much enjoyed and absorbed the place into your life..great yaar..very nice dish..I didn't even want to pronounce those words..:)
I really enjoyed the virtual tour PJ. My son would LOVE that dinosaur park. My husband is a frequent traveller to China and he's been to Wuxi a number of times, I have to tell him to visit the movie set 🙂
THat radish salad sounds so simple, yet so flavorful.
The radish salad sounds delicious and easy !
The place looks stunning. So much culture, so much knowledge to take it. Keep it up.
Lovely salad this one is. 🙂
photos of china were gorgeous and what a simple but tasty dish
Virtual tour was awesome… and this salad is so tempting, simple and very elegant!!
Sowmya
This look so interesting and delicious salad, I love those animals, so cute.
loves those virtual trip… lovely n new to me…
Nice to know about the place you lived in China. The dish is completely new to me and it looks very nice…
I love to know about new places and its culture and cuisine. Your post is most educative with a lovely and easy recipe we all can make.
Its great to learn about another culture PJ and thanks a lot for giving us a glimpse of this. I love the dinosaur park the best. I love the recipe as well because you have made it so special with an interesting background, literally as well 🙂
Now that was a lovely tour trip to china nice recipe simple yet subtle so cute the deers look in ur prop.
Thank you so much for the virtual tour. Thoroughly enjoyed it…very nice dish..though not able t pronounce it
truly divine..love ur clicks
Love the way you presented this simple dish with that background info. Would hop onto that link you provided later.
PJ thanks for taking us on a trip..loved it .
The salad is simple but I like radish..in fact bought some today..will give it a shot tom it self.
Beautiful pictures PJ and salad sounds simple but very healthy….
Beautiful but simple salad. You seem to be missing China a lot.
Love the simplicity of the dish and the virtual tour was very refreshing!
Beautiful pictures & lovely recipe..
Loved your little virtual tour of China! This dish is so simple. i am sure it would have tasted great.
Can totally trust you to come up with such new dishes. I have always liked all your China posts. Gives an insight into a country I do not know ranything about on the cultutal front. The radish saldas looks so packed with flavour yet so simple
Again ! I thought I had commented… Anyways, that simple yummy salad with cute props is worth a visit :-))
Thanks for your virtual tour..Super recipe too