Pickled to a traditional recipe enjoy one of japans favourite methods of pickling with moris pickled gourd with sake lees gourd is a type of vegetable similar to a cucumber that can be found in different savoury japanese dishes particularly okinawan cuisine sake lees is the by product of fermented and filtered sake which when used in pickling solutions lends a deep and umami rich flavour to the pickled food this pickled gourd is best enjoyed sliced and served as part of a traditional