Easy recipe for "Kabu-no-ha no tsukudani" (turnip leaves simmered in soy sauce)! Just fry in sesame oil and toss with sauce!

Turnip leaves are nutritious and it would be a waste to throw them away! So, here is a recipe for "Kabu-no-ha no tsukudani", which is super easy to make in a jiffy. Perfect with rice or for lunch!

Suteed and simmered turnip's leaf

Ingredients

Here is what you need to prepare.

2 turnip leaves
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon mirin (sweet cooking rice wine)
1 tablespoon sake
1 teaspoon sugar
Bonito flakes, to taste

Directions

Wash turnip leaves well and chop them roughly into 1 cm pieces.



Heat sesame oil in a frying pan and fry chopped turnip leaves.


Add soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar.


When the water is gone, add bonito flakes and mix everything roughly.


Arrange on a plate and it is ready to serve.

Kabu leaf tsukudani (food boiled in soy sauce and sugar) How does it taste?

Yum! The texture is wilted but still has just the right amount of crunchiness. The sweet and sour seasoning is flavored with bonito flakes. The more you chew, the more the bitterness of the turnip leaves gradually spreads, which also gives it an exquisite flavor.


You will not be able to stop eating it like furikake (sprinkled on rice). It is also delicious with riri-sesame mixed in if you like. Try adding fried tofu or shirasu (baby sardines) to your rice, or any number of other ways!

You can also make tsukudani with daikon radish leaves as well as turnip leaves, so please remember this recipe when you are about to throw away the leaves.