Saturday, June 9, 2007

Zaru Soba (Buckwheat Noodles)

Zaru soba is just so easy to make. You can get the noodles cooked and chilled and make the sauce ahead and just assemble everything when ready to eat. I usually serve it with prawns and veg tempura. Otherwise it's just too plain.

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Zaru Soba

300g dried buckwheat noodles(3 to 4 persons)
2 cups very hot water
1 heaped T dashi granules
5 T Kikkoman soy sauce
3 T mirin
1 T fine sugar

1. Boil the noodles 2 to 3 min. Add 1 cup room temp water to stop the boiling. Let the water boil again, then test for doneness by nipping a noodle with your fingernails. If there's a little white dough in the middle, switch the heat off and cover pot for a couple of minutes. Drain and rinse under running water. Drain and let cool. Chill till ready to eat.
2. Put the dashi into the hot water, stir well, then add everything else and stir till sugar is dissolved. Cool and then chill.
3. Prepare:
wasabi paste
grated ginger
finely sliced spring onions
toasted nori strips
4. In Japan, soba is served in bamboo baskets or on bamboo mats. The soy-dashi dip is served in small bowls or cups. The condiments are mixed into the dip and then the noodles are picked up by chopsticks and dipped into the dip. Hubby finds this troublesome and always eat it chinese way: pour the dip into the soba (in a bowl)...

6 comments:

red | hongyi said...

oh! that looks too good.

u're torturing ur readers.

Hungry Hamster said...

the pic for the zaru soba is really pretty!

Keep up the yummy food pictures!

Unknown said...

This reminded me of the delicious meal you've treated us when we last visited with you in 2005!!

Kamlie still comends on it time 2 time!

Mike

Terri @ A Daily Obsession said...

hh: tq; just saw ur comment
m: just saw ur comment too; make sure u guys give me some time to cook 4 u next time u come back.

Beniko Hana said...

Thanks for your kind comment. I learned a lot from your article. It makes it all worth while. Enjoy!

Soba Noodles said...

Greatly appreciated, very well-articulated and the detail is superb. Zaru soba is yummy Food. I actually look such website for our company. Zaru Soba noodles are popular in Japanese cuisine. Zaru Soba is a Japanese noodle traditionally made with 100% buckwheat flour, this kind of all-buckwheat soba is called juwari soba.

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