This Stewed Radish with mushrooms is one of the simplest healthy cooking dishes at home. The stewed radish is soft and tender that almost melts in your mouth and with a delicate taste of mushroom sauce. Definitely perfect to pair with hot rice.
Author Ann Low
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 40 minutesmins
Total Time 50 minutesmins
Course Home meal
Cuisine Asian, Chinese
Difficulty Easy
Servings 3people
Ingredients
550gwhite radish
200gSwiss brown mushroom
2slicesginger
1star anise
2bay leaves
Seasoning
400mlwater
1tbsplight soy sauce
1/2tbspdark soy sauce
1tbspoyster sauce
1/2tspchicken powder
1tspsalt
1tspsugar
1/2tbspcornstarch + 1/2 tbsp water - as thickening
Instructions
Peel radish and cut to slices about 1.5cm thick. Remove mushroom stem and clean mushroom with a damp kitchen paper.
Heat up frying pan at medium low heat and add oil, pan fry radish slices to brown on both sides. Dish up radish slices and absorb oil with kitchen paper.
Add some oil to a clean pot, drop in ginger slices, anise and bay leaves, stir fry for a while. Put in radish and mushrooms, followed by water and seasoning. Stir mixture well and bring to boil.
Turn to low heat with lid closed and simmer for about 30-40 minutes or till radish tender. **add a little more water if sauce is too salty**
Lastly combine cornstarch and water and drizzle in the cornstarch solution to thicken the sauce at high heat until sauce dries up a little. Garnish with some chopped spring onion and serve hot immediately.