Edible flowers made with ZERO artificial food coloring! 🌸🤯 This "food science" magic is the ultimate way to elevate your everyday meals.
You don't need expensive tools or chemical dyes to make your dishes look like they came from a high-end restaurant. With just a slice of daikon radish, some red cabbage, and a drop of vinegar, you can create these gorgeous, all-natural hydrangea (ajisai) garnishes! ☔️✨ The secret? The acid in the vinegar reacts with the cabbage juice, turning it a vibrant pink! 🧪💖 They also taste amazing as a lightly pickled, refreshing side dish.
10 minutes
plus additional marinating time
KyaraKyara
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INGREDIENTS
SERVES 2
Original recipe (1X) yields 2 servings
When scaling the recipe, the ratios of some ingredients may require slight adjustments. Adjust as necessary and season to taste.
- 7oz red cabbage (200g)
- 0.5tsp salt
- a dash of vinegar
- 4 daikon radish slices (about 1/8-inch thick; 3-4mm)
- shiso leaves (oba leaves, for serving)
DIRECTIONS
- 1
Shred the red cabbage, sprinkle with salt, and mix. Let it sit for about 10 minutes to draw out the moisture.
- 2
Squeeze the cabbage tightly with your hands to extract the purple juice into a bowl. (Keep the squeezed cabbage! It's perfect for a quick salad or coleslaw 🥗).
- 3
Divide the extracted purple juice evenly into two small bowls. Add a dash of vinegar to one of the bowls—watch it instantly turn a beautiful magenta pink! 🪄
- 4
Cut the daikon radish slices using a small flower-shaped cookie cutter. Submerge half of the flowers in the purple juice and the other half in the pink juice. Cover and let them soak in the refrigerator overnight.
- 5
Place a shiso leaf on a beautiful plate or next to your main dish, and arrange the dyed radish flowers to look like a blooming hydrangea.
RecipeID
1134
Tips & Notes
Use the squeezed purple cabbage for a shredded cabbage salad (rapée) or other dish! ⚠Hydrangea leaves look like shiso leaves, but make sure you never eat them.
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