Long Yam Dressed with Flesh of Pickled Plum

   (Nagaimo no Bainiku-ae)





1 long yam (nagaimo)
200cc vinegar (su)
50g sugar (satou)
1 tbsp soy sauce (shouyu)
5 pickled plum (umeboshi)
4 beaf-steak leaf (ao-jiso)
Japanese horseradish paste (wasabi)

1. Wash yam, peal and soak with vinegared water. Cut into 1cm cube, soak with vinegared water and drain in a searve.
2. Place vinegar, sugar and soy sauce in a bowl and soak yam in.
3. Remove the seed of pickled plum and mince to be paste.
4. Wash beaf-steak leaves and drain water off.
5. Place beaf-steak leaf on individual dish, put yam on and pour pickled plum paste. Garnish with Japnese horseradish paste.

Serves 4