It can be cooked too - try steaming it on its own, grate it over Japanese-style fish or add it to stir-fries. In Chinese and Japanese cookery daikon is used for vegetable carving as well as cooking.
Zhajiangmian is a Chinese dish that every cook makes differently ... The amount of sauce in the recipe will serve eight to 10. The raw vegetables help to balance the strong flavour of the sauce.