Ayşe ŞahinkayaAide de Cuisine
20 May 2026 Son güncelleme: 05 August 2026

Genmai salad is a nourishing Japanese salad made by boiling brown rice and tossing it with a sesame-soy dressing. Aside from brown rice taking longer to soften than white rice, the preparation itself is extremely simple. The quality of the sesame oil directly shapes the salad's final aroma.

Step by Step

How to make it?

1

Boil the rice

35 min

Boil the brown rice in plenty of water for 35 minutes until soft, then drain and rinse in cold water.

2

Make the dressing

3 min

Stir the soy sauce and sesame oil together.

3

Toss the salad

5 min

Toss the drained rice with the carrot and spring onion, then add the dressing and mix gently.

4

Serve

2 min

Transfer the salad to a serving bowl, scatter over the toasted sesame seeds and serve.

Reminder

Drain the rice after boiling and rinse it in cold water; dressing added to hot rice gets absorbed too fast and dries out the salad. Allergens: contains sesame and soy.

Editor's Note Editörün Notu

Using the same amount of olive oil instead of sesame oil gives the salad a lighter but less distinctive aroma.

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Ömer Öztürk Aide de Cuisine 1 month ago

Susam yağı yerine editör notundaki gibi aynı miktarda zeytinyağı kullandım, salata gerçekten çok daha hafif oldu ama susamlı karakteristik aromasını da epeyce kaybettiğini fark ettim.

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