Do You Eat Radish Leaves?
I pulled some radishes from my first-year garden, and the leaves are pretty impressive and I'd hate to throw them away.
I looked up some recipes and they seem to be used in soups, sauteed with something else, furikake etc.
Do you eat them? and if so, how do you eat them?
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18 Comments:
Nooo! ;)
radish at 9:45PM on 05/28/09
Hmm, I would think they would be nice sliced thinly and added to green salad. Peppery! I think some people like to eat them in sandwiches. Think arugula.
Quasibonko at 10:01PM on 05/28/09
A chef at the local farmer's market made a radish leaf soup. It was good, but it was more about the other ingredients than the radish leaves, although the leaves did impart a nice green color.
It's nice to know that they're not toxic and they don't taste horrible, but there are so many other things that I'd put ahead of them on the list of things that I'd want to eat.
dbcurrie at 10:46PM on 05/28/09
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2009/05/radish_leaf_pesto.php At Chocolate & Zucchini there was this recipe for a radish leaf pesto. I cannot claim to have tried it, but if you've got the leaves there what have you got to lose?
SSMom at 8:08AM on 05/29/09
It never occured to me!
goodcooker at 8:17AM on 05/29/09
um, no.
caramel at 9:10AM on 05/29/09
ohh. pesto! thanks @SSMom!
I'm getting "don't feed me that stuff" from my BF. but maybe he can't tell if I make pesto :-P
I am used to eating daikon radish leaves (tasty!), but I've never tried regular radish leaves.. they are supposedly super nutritious.
hmw0029 at 9:37AM on 05/29/09
I also make radish top soup its amazing! Saute tops with onions and garlic in Olive Oil. Bake 2 potatoes, skin, and dice. Add tops onions garlic potatoes into blender with milk and half and half. blend and then heat! i put crumbled bacon on top!
CATERPILLARGIRL at 9:38AM on 05/29/09
I just had some in a salad the other day, mixed in with other greens, it was delicious!
csmith7811 at 11:27AM on 05/29/09
Yes I eat them raw and they are delicious. I've been growing my own organique French Breakfast radishes and they are lovely, leaves and all, avec un peu de fleur de sel. However I would not feel compelled to eat grocery store radish leaves....
Pointy at 1:15PM on 05/29/09
my neighbor has a juice bar and he was making smooties with them. I did not get to taste it, but everyone was raving about it. You have nothing to loose.
MadelynRodriguez at 2:46PM on 05/29/09
wash, rinse and rough chop radish leaves. i leave some stem on.
Chop one red onion, two cloves garlic.
Saute in olive oil with crushed red pepper and salt.
After onions turn slightly brown, add in radish leaves/stem and saute until wilted.
Stuff in pita with yogurt dressing.
Sujatha at 8:08PM on 05/29/09
I make a salad with them dressed with warm duck fat, salt and Meyer lemon juice.
HunterAnglerGardenerCook at 8:22PM on 05/29/09
yay I almost tricked my bf! he thought that was just pesto (but somehow grassier and less basil-y)
I wonder if varieties make a big difference. Ours is Cherry Belle but French Breakfast's leaves may taste better..
Thanks for your suggestions! I'll try something else next :-)
hmw0029 at 10:43PM on 05/29/09
I was just thinking about trying to cook and eat radish leaves. I know the leaves of some food plants are not edible - rhubarb, for instance - so I didn't want to experiment with my family's health.
I've recently found out that carrot tops are edible, too. And I was thrilled last summer to figure out how to cook beet greens - having 2 vegetables for the price of one really feels good in these pinchpenny times.
gentlyferal at 3:25PM on 05/30/09
@gentlyferal, I've made carrot top furikake (topping for rice) before. The Japanese tend to make furikake out of anything that's not too appetizing (e.g. "waste" bonito flakes/kelp from making dashi).
It was pretty good. Unique flavors- I think the key is to chop it so fine that you can't feel the texture of the leaves.
The radish leaf pesto was kinda eh (again, could be the variety of radish), but I actually like celery leaves, so I've been wanting to try celery leaf pesto.
Just occurred to me that curries may also work well.
hmw0029 at 10:47PM on 05/30/09
i was looking for radish top recipes also, and i'm inspired by this talk thread to eat radishes with the bread i just baked, with sauteed radish tops on the side.
two vegetables for one, and healthy too!
Christina at 5:50PM on 11/22/09
There's a pretty lengthy chain on the forum about this topic...check that for some ideas. I started using my radish tops after I read that and the chocolate and zucchini post linked to above. I sauteed them with some red chili powder, lemon juice and potatoes. They have a slightly bitter taste with a peppery kick...and are apparently really healthy for you.
nithya at hungrydesi at 6:00PM on 11/22/09