Boiled Broccoli and Avocado dipped in sauce

A side dish served between main courses (箸休め) is really important for Japanese-style meal.  It makes you refresh during eating and also showes to advantage the deliciousness so much.  Actually my mom made so many kind of side dished every dinner time.  I would to show not only main dished but also side dished served between main courses from now on!

As a first side dished in Poppin' kitchen, I would like to show my favorite side dish which has an avocado I really love!  Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to make dash (Japanese soup stock) today so I used just a soup stock (dashi) powder this time.

Next time I wanna show you how to make dashi also!

Boiled Broccoli and Avocado dipped in sauce (2 serves)

• 1/2 of broccoli
• 1/2 of avocado
• a small pack of dried bonito
• 1/2 cup of hot water
• 3 tsp of dashi powder
• 2 Tbs of soy sauce

1,  Mix hot water and dashi powder very well

2,  Cut a broccoli into small pieces and boil in salted boiling water until enough soft

3,  Rise it with cold water and allow to cold

4,  Cut an avocado into bite-size pieces

5,  Put broccoli and avocado in a bowl and add dashi and soy sauce and leave over one hour in the fridge

This time I used broccoli and avocado but you can use any vegetable also!  I would be happy if you try this recipe with your favorite vegetable :)