cooked radishes

[tatamagouche]

It occurs to me I only ever eat radishes raw; seems the vast amount of recipes for them don't involve cooking either (e.g. salads).

How have you cooked/eaten radishes? Any great dishes I'm just blanking on?

[mlgb]

Madhur Jaffrey has a recipe in Taste of India that is excellent, using the radishes and their leaves together, chopped, and stir-fried/simmered with chiles, coriander, cumin and turmeric.

Her comment is that it was traditionally made with white radishes in Uttar Pradesh.

[tatamagouche]

Jaffrey's the bomb. If I may. Thanks for the heads up.

[JungMann]

I saw a blog recipe for a tortilla espanola made with radishes instead of potatoes. Apparently once cooked they closely resemble potatoes with a slightly pepper bite.

[FrankDrakman]

Until I saw this thread, I actually never thought of cooking radishes! Have to try some of these ideas.

But one way I really like raw radishes is sliced and served along side burgers or hot dogs instead of potato chips. Still crunchy, hardly any salt, and no fat.

[foxy fairy]

Yes, braised! I was so surprised that I just really enjoyed radishes when braised. I forgot about that! I used the guidelines in Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.

We had a garden with radishes when I was little, and I was never very excited about them. That changed when I tried the braised radishes. mmm.

[LNG212]

Lots of great recipes in this recent thread called "radishes are in season, now what" --
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/627649

[tatamagouche]

Braised! Who'd've thunk! What a great thread.

As for pickled, that just slipped my mind—love pickled radish

[LNG212]

I never would have thought either. I ended up making carmelized radish pizza and it was really good. I love learning new things on this site.

[Wahooty]

And in a similar vein, grilled. Put them in foil with some butter and seasonings...oh holy God are they good.

[coney with everything]

I use a recipe from James Peterson's cookbook "Vegetables" (very good reference, BTW). Braise them in beef broth and a bit of sugar till radishes are tender and broth has cooked down to a glaze. Season to taste. VERY good.

[Scrapironchef]

My MIL used to cook (boil) radishes when my wife was a kid, to his day I can't get her to even look at one raw or cooked.

Daikon show up cooked in Japanese cuisine, most notably in Oden. After trying it I can understand my wife better.

[paulj]

I just tried a Korean daikon, which is fatter and squatter than the Japanese. It is also sharper, more like the small Western ones.