Stressing over how difficult it would be to offer your own rendition of one of Harumi Kurihara's recipes for our Everyday Harumi Book Contest, here's an example of how simple it could be.
Allison of Sushi Day gave a shot at Harumi's Japanese Potato Salad from Harumi's Japanese Home Cooking back in April 2008 for Shine.
There is no such thing as perfection as Allison notes. Here's what she would have done differently.
steamed longer or boiled instead. The time given in the recipe was
perfect for the carrots, but the potatoes, while they seemed softish
coming out of the steamer, ended up harder than I would have liked and
while edible, not the most pleasant of things. The carrots, on the
other hand, were steamed perfectly, and were a fantastic addition to
potato salad. As for the onions, I would have used less, or even
scrapped them altogether and replaced them with green onions (now that
would have been good!). The onions had a bit too much bite to them, and
detracted from the overall smoothness of the potato salad."
Maki of Just Hungry offered her own tips on Good ingredients to Use for this dish in May 2006.
I took the liberty to use her photo of the end result as my illustration.
You might have your own hiccups if you join our contest but don't loose sleep over it.
Part of the fun is experimenting, trial and error.
5 Days to go for our Everyday Harumi Book Contest, Part 1.
Winner gets a signed copy of the book
Bonne chance!