Japanese Guacamole

This goes good with grilled salmon or chicken breasts.

3/4 cup shredded daikon (Japanese radish)
1/4 tsp salt
2 avocados, about 1 pound
1/3 cup finely sliced green onion
1/4 cup fresh salmon caviar (optional)
2 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp Wasabi paste (more or less to taste)

Toss diakon with salt, drain in a colander for half an hour. Squeeze
out as much liquid as possible; reserve. Coarsely mash avocados. Fold
in remaining ingredients and reserved daikon.

Best made immediately before serving. If stored, press plastic wrap
against the surface to prevent browning.

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:31:11 -0800, Andrea2
> wrote:

>Japanese Guacamole
>
>This goes good with grilled salmon or chicken breasts.
>
>3/4 cup shredded daikon (Japanese radish)
>1/4 tsp salt
>2 avocados, about 1 pound
>1/3 cup finely sliced green onion
>1/4 cup fresh salmon caviar (optional)
>2 tbsp rice vinegar
>1 tbsp soy sauce
>1 tsp Wasabi paste (more or less to taste)
>
>Toss diakon with salt, drain in a colander for half an hour. Squeeze
>out as much liquid as possible; reserve. Coarsely mash avocados. Fold
>in remaining ingredients and reserved daikon.
>
>Best made immediately before serving. If stored, press plastic wrap
>against the surface to prevent browning.

G'day G'day Andrea2,

I am utterly amazed at the variety of guacamole there are out there.

Daikon is a radish which is one of the crucifers (cabbage family) and
probably helps with avoiding those cancers that have a diet dependent
incidence.

The thing that really got my attention was the spring onions. Spring
onions seem to appear everywhere since I read that onion greens have
such a high ORAC score. (ORAC = oxygen radical absorbency capacity
which is basically a measure of their anti-aging properties) These
days I use whole bunches of spring onions chopped up in Moroccan
dishes and to my surprise they are not overpowering at all.

Best wishes,



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