14.10.07

Wakame-Soba(Japanese Soba noodle with seaweed)


Soba is also popular noodle in Japan.
The difference between Soba noodle and Udon noodle are:

Udon (うどん, 饂飩) is the noodles made from wheat.
Soba (そば, 蕎麦) is the noodles made from buckwheat flour.

Mostly those are served either with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup.
Especially Soba is famous for healthy food like as to prevent high blood pressure.

Wakame is a typical Japanese seaweed.
For Miso soup, salad, and for toppings.
And it is very famous that Wakame contains high levels of calcium.

This is the recipe of Wakame Soba. Very good for vegetarians, or also for diets.

-Ingredients: (2 to 4 people)
---1 pack of Dried Soba noodle
---1 grip of dry Wakame seaweed
---4 to 8 spring onions
---few sesames
-Soup (broth):
---1600cc of hot water
---3 packs of Japanese Dashi (Japanese soup stock powder)
---100cc of Japanese Soya source
---2-table spoon of sugar
1. Put 1 grip of Wakame in cold water. Wait Wakame growing in the water.When it grows enough, remove water, and squeeze Wakame to remove extra water.
2. Combine broth ingredients in a pot; bring to a boil with high heat. Keeping broth warm by low heat.
3. Boil a generous amount of water in another pot, and boil dried Soba noodle for 5 to 6 minutes(See Udon picture. same procedure, but boiling time is shorter than Udon)
4. When done 3, rinse with cold water, running the noodles with one hand to get rid off the stickiness quickly. (10 second enough. don’t rinse it for long time) Drain in a sieve.(See Udon picture. Same procedure)
5. Transfer Soba noodle in to bowls, sprinkle spring onions and put Wakame on.

6. Make broth hot again until boiling, and pour broth over on the Soba noodle in the bowl. Sprinkle sesame on it. See the picture on the top.

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