Radish

I have very little experience with white radish. In past I seldom plant them and the roots that I manage to harvest are very small for my family meal! ;)

This new year 2013, I put more attention on root vegetables! For the start I planted radish in deep and big pot. So far the little seedling in 2 pots look good!
























The little leaves reminds me of  pak choi! I need to sow some pak choi seeds for my green leaves supply for year 2013!

What kind of plants you would like to put more attention this year?

Daikon Radish @ lobak putih

Daikon Radish which is known as Lobak Putih in Malaysia is full of Vitamin C. It's popular vegetables in Asia, especially in Japan, India, China and Korea.

many way of cooking radish is available.

In Chinese cuisine, turnip cake and chai tow kway are made with daikon.

In Korean cuisine, a varietal is used to make kakdugi and nabak kimchi use the vegetable, in addition to the soup muguk.

In Japanese cuisine, many types of pickles are made with daikon including takuan and bettarazuke. Daikon is also frequently used shredded and mixed into ponzu (a soy sauce and citrus juice condiment) as a dip. Simmered dishes are also popular such as oden. Cut and dried daikon is called Kiriboshi-daikon(literally, cut-dried daikon) which is a common method of preserving food in Japan. Daikon radish sprouts (Kaiware-daikon) are used for salad or garnishing of sashimi. Daikon leaf is frequently eaten as green vegetables. Pickles and stir frying are common. The Daikon leaf is one of a leaves of Festival of Seven Herbs, called suzushiro.


In South India, daikon is the principal ingredient in a variety of sambhar, in which roundels of the radish are boiled with onions, tamarind pulp, lentils and a special spice powder. When cooked, it can release a very strong odor. This soup called 'mullangi sambar' (முள்ளங்கி சாம்பார்) is very popular and mixed with cooked rice to make a good meal.

( information from internet)

I harvested 3 of them yesterday. One ( not in the photo) goes in to my sambhar or Dhal curry. 2 more is inside the fridge. The leaves are kept to for stir fry! The leaf taste a bit like Sawi. One of them have started flower but the root is not hard.

Some Harvest

Last weekend was really busy. I tend the garden. Did some weeding and cuttings. Many of my plants need hair cut so i spend a lot of time in the garden. Finally manage to complete my aim!

I did harvest some tomatoes, beans, chilies and radish! The radish was very small. They have big leaves but very small root! May be i over fertilize them. Anyway i kept the leaves too since it's edible. Overall weekend was very productive for me!

First time with Radish and Carrot

This is my first attempt with Radish.  All my radish seeds germinated luckily. The radish that i harvested was small but enough for 1 meal!

Since they need loose soil, i planted them in pots.