Simple Delicious Daikon Soup (with Konbu)

As usual on one sunny Sunday I was doing my round of groceries shopping in a mall. For those who live in this region (Souteast Asia), the weather is hot & humid. We love to visit the shopping mall during the weekend.You may not believe how this recipes was created. It was inspired by the soup served  on Japanese events.

Whenever I see other people cooking delicious stuffs,  I will automatically ask them: " This is nice,  how do you cook it?".  From here, I learned the combination of raw material that make this soup delicious.

This soup is so clear & delicious. Simple ingredients & it can be made vegan or non-vegan. The "umami" or the pleasant savory taste shines in this soup.

Ingredients for 3 paxs:

1 medium size Daikon (White Radish)

10-15g of dried konbu (Kelp- normal come in square shape, use a damn cloth wipe the konbu)

1 corn

1200 ml water

Method (using pressure cooker):

1) Put all the ingredients in a deep pressure cooker.

2) Cook for 15 mins & let it simmer in the pressure cooker until it cooled. Serve warm.

or

Method (using normal deep pot)

1) Put all the ingredients in deep pot & cook with medium fire until boiling. You may add extra 300-500ml water as the liquid will reduced after 30 mins of boiling with small fire.

2) Let it simmer for 30 mins (mins). Serve warm.

Tips: For those who prefer to add some ribs or lean chicken meat in this soup, pls do so. It tastes equally good. But the soup base will not be so clear after adding the meat.

The secret of success for this soup is the konbu or sea tangle. It is very "umami" & full of fibers. We love to eat the sea konbu & it is great for detox. This soup is super cooling for this HOT summer. 

There are lot of vegetables in this soup, I just need to stir fry one dish & dinner can be served right away. This is a two in one dish- soup & vegetables.

I love to use pressure cooker because it is so fast & we can enjoy soup on a busy weekdays. Kids just love soup.