Recipe: Hijiki Seaweed Salad

Julie, there are so many kinds of seaweed that its hard to say without knowing what kind you had. I really like hijiki salad, it is a dark brown seaweed that comes in sort of stringy little pieces--is that like what you ate?? If so, here's a recipe:

Hijiki Seaweed Salad

30 grams dried hijiki seaweed
1 stick celery
3 leaves cabbage
4 leaves Boston lettuce
dash salad oil
pinch salt

4 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons white sesame seeds
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
dash sesame oil
pinch salt

Soften hijiki seaweed and in water wash well and drain. Heat salad
oil and stir-fry hijiki seaweed till inside is completely done and
outside glossy. Marinate with salt. Leave.

Remove strings from celery and chop into thin slices. Shred cabbage.
Immerse salad greens in cold water until crisp. Drain.

Roast white sesame seeds and grind well in suribachi (Japanese
grinding bowl) or mortar and pestle. Dilute with mayonnaise and lemon juice. Add soy sauce, sesame oil and salt to make sesame mayonnaise.

Mix hijiki seaweed and shred cut cabbage. Serve with Boston lettuce
places on a plate and pour sauce (3) over.