Simmered Shiitake and Root Vegetables

Root vegetables warm you up. This nimono dish is perfect for the cold winter months.

Japanese

Traditional

Appetizers

Vegitable

Ingredients (4 servings)

8 dried Shiitake mushrooms
6 Taro roots
130g Lotus root
1 Medium carrot
1 Dashi broth packet
300ml dried Shiitake liquid
300ml Water
1 Tbsp Sugar -A
1 Tbsp Mirin -A
2 Tbsp Light soy sauce-A

Steps

Rehydrate the dried Shiitake mushrooms and cut off stems. Parboil the taro roots to remove the sliminess, and cut the lotus root and carrot into rounds.

Add the Dashi broth packet, reserved liquid, water, Shiitake, lotus root, taro root, and carrot to the pot, put it on the heat, let it come to a boil, and remove the Dashi broth packet after 2 minutes.

Add the seasonings marked with A, and simmer at low to medium heat for 30 minutes.