We use various cutting techniques in Japanese cooking to add a decorative touch to vegetables like lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, and carrots. We add carrot coins shaped like flowers to simmered and hot pot dishes for both celebratory occasions and everyday meals. Today, I want to show you how to cut carrots into a flower shape using the hanagiri (花切り) cutting technique. They are easy to do and I hope you give it a try!
Equipment You’ll Need
How To Make Hanagiri Carrots
Method 1
Method 2
A More Advanced Method: Nejiri Ume
The methods I just described are simple techniques for cutting hanagiri carrots. You can also make beautiful plum flower carrots using an advanced technique where you carved away the sharp edges of the petals into rounded flower petals. To learn how with my step-by-step instructions and photos, see my tutorial on How to Make Nejiri Ume.
Recipes with Carrot Flowers
Shabu Shabu Sukiyaki Chikuzenni (Nishime) Anko Nabe (Monkfish Hot Pot) Chanko Nabe (Sumo Stew)
