TAKO no SUNOMONO (Tako-Su) Octopus Salad

Tako-su or TAKO no SUNOMONO is an appetizer serve in any Japanese restaurant. Tako-su is a cold plate of sliced, cooked octopus garnished with sticks of pale green cucumber, bathed in ponzu sauce and topped with sesame seeds, sliced scallion and a drizzle of wasabi mayonnaise; the sauce has an engagingly smoky, citrus taste that complements the octopus. Recently I bought a ready cooked sliced cold octopus and decided to make tako-su with it..All I have to do is to mix with some ponzu sauce but I still mix with some sesame oil to enhance the flavor..

Ingredients:

1 small tube octopus or 250-300 gm sliced pre-cooked octopus (usually it's come in pre-cooked version)thawed and washed
2-3 tbsp ponzu sauce( you can get ponzu sauce in Asian section in any local market or Asian market)
1 tbsp sesame oil*optional*
1 tbsp roasted sesame seed
1/2 lemon,squeezed the juice
2 tbsp cut scallion
1 tbsp wasabi*optional*



Method:

1:Place sliced octopus in a small bowl.Drizzling with ponzu sauce,lemon juice,sesame seed.Then sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds and cut scallion on the top.Serve cold as an appetizer.