Japanese Recipes
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						Gari Recipe - Pickled Ginger Recipe
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Pickled ginger is called gari in Japanese. It is served with sushi. 
Try to eat pieces of pickled ginger between different kinds of sushi. 
It helps to clean your mouth and enhance the flavors. 


INGREDIENTS:

2 large ginger roots
1 cup rice wine vinegar
5-7 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt

PREPARATION:

Peel the ginger root. 
Cut the ginger into medium-sized pieces and salt it. 
Leave the ginger in a bowl for 30 min. 
Put the ginger into a jar. 
Mix rice vinegar and sugar in a pan and bring to a boil. 
Pour the hot mixture of vinegar and sugar on the ginger. 
Cool, then cover with a lid and place in the refrigerator. 
In a week, the ginger change its color to light pink. 
Slice thinly to serve. 
The pickled ginger lasts about a month in the fridge


Fm Setsuko Yoshizuka - "Your Guide to Japanese Cuisine".

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