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Ingredients

• 1 cake brown konnyaku (yam cake), drained
• 2 mediums carrots
• 1 4 inch square piece of kombu (dried giant kelp), wiped clean
• 1 (8-ounce) bag or can bamboo shoots , drained
• 1 (8-ounce) bag lotus root , drained
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 8 ounces gobo (burdock root)
• 8 dried shiitake mushrooms , soaked 1 hour in 1 1/2 cups warm 1 tablespoon oil
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet cooking wine )
• 1/4 cup soy sauce