Sweet and sour rakkyo (buckwheat)
Ingredients? Shallots 3 kilograms Salt Sugar Sugar Vinegar Sugar
How to make rakkyo with sweet and sour vinegar
The way to make rakkyo with sweet and sour vinegar ?
Buy rakkyo and remove the leaves and roots, remove the surface layer of old skin, clean, wash pots and subsequent preparation of containers as clean as possible without oil, you can make the final product preserved for a longer period of time.
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Place on a bamboo plaque or dustpan and lay flat to dry
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Add salt and marinate for 24-48 hours to pickle out some water, it doesn't matter if the salt is a little too much because it will be washed off at the end of the day
Wash the salted rakkyo with water, soak them for 2 days, and change the water every half day. Change the water every half a day, and remember to change the water every half a day. After soaking, you can find that the pungent flavor of rakkyo has basically disappeared. The rakkyo have become transparent. The soaked rakkyo should then be dried
Sugar and vinegar with a little water, boil, make a sweet and sour sauce, and let it cool, a little bit stronger if you want to taste it, because it will become lighter in the process of pickling.
Dry rakkyo into a pickle jar or glass bottle, pour the sweet and sour sauce, you can add some millet chili particles, put in the refrigerator, marinate for 5-7 days on it.
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Tips
1. It doesn't matter how much salt is used to pickle rakkyo, as the rakkyo will still be washed and soaked at the end, so that they won't have a salty flavor. The pungent flavor of rakkyo will be reduced after this treatment.
2. You can also use white vinegar for the sweet and sour sauce, but I chose aged vinegar because I think it has a better flavor. The seasonings in the ingredient list should be adjusted according to personal taste, and it is recommended to taste the sweet and sour sauce after it is cooked, the flavor should be heavier than the sweet and sour flavor at the end.
3. Now the weather is relatively hot, it is recommended to soak in the refrigerator, eat when you take out is cold and crisp, especially appetizing, especially suitable for summer eating small cold dishes
4. In the refrigerator marinated for a longer time can be removed rakkyo pungent taste