Gomaae (Japanese Sesame Dressing)
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Recipe type: Salad, Appetizer, Side Dish
 
Ingredients
  • ½ head of cauliflower
  • 4 tablespoons roasted white sesame seeds
  • 2 tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce)
  • ½ to ¾ tablespoon sugar, to suite your palate
  • 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet sake)
Instructions
  1. Cut cauliflower into bite sized pieces, then boil or steam for 10 minutes.
  2. Using a suribachi or Japanese grinding bowl, i.e. mortar and wooden pestle, ground the roasted sesame seeds until the seeds are a rough powder.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together shoyu, mirin, and sugar. I recommend adding a little sugar at a time. I don't like gomaae when it is too sweet and only added a little over ½ tablespoon. Add the seasoning mixture to the suribachi and mix with the ground sesame seeds.
  4. In a large bowl, toss steamed cauliflower and gomaae dressing and voilà! Cauliflower gomaae!
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/07/14/gomaae-japanese-sesame-dressing/