Nona's Japanese Ume Dressing

This is one of my many Japanese-style salad dressings I created to satisfy my taste. Ume(boshi) is a favored taste addition in many Japanese cooking. It shows up in cakes, cookies, snacks, mochi, salads, beverages, soups, with pork, chicken and fish, and of course dressing. You can find umeboshi in Japanese markets in refrigerated section. Ume is often called plum or pickled plums, however it is much closer to apricots. You can find ume trees in US now. Ume is not tasty fresh and must be either pickled or preserved.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 133 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
• ground black pepper to taste
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• ¼ cup rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon umeboshi, minced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the vegetable oil, onion, rice vinegar, sesame seeds, ginger, umeboshi, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and pepper into a blender. Cover, and puree until smooth, about 30 seconds.