Sesame Vegetable Salad

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup chinese rice vinegar
• 1/3 cup dijon mustard
• 3/4 inch thick piece fresh ginger, peeled
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons dark oriental sesame oil
• 3 cucumbers, rinsed, ends trimmed, halved lengthwise
• 6 red radishes
• 4 medium carrots, peeled
• 16 ounces mushrooms, wiped cleaned and quarted
• 8 scallions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 dressing:.
• 2 put first seven ingredients for dressing in a blender or food processor. process until ginger and garlic finely chopped. add oil slowly processing until well blended. put into a jar and refrigerate.
• 3 salad:.
• 4 slice cucumbers and radishes thinly, put into bowl. shred carrots into bowl.
• 5 add quartered mushrooms and chopped scallions. mix vegetables. may refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 6 over medium heat toast sesame seeds for 2 to 3 minutes.
• 7 to serve:.
• 8 add dressing to vegetables, mix and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.