Soba Recipe

It is a very popular dish in Japan. The noodles are made with buckwheat so they are a healthy alternative to ramen noodles.

You can also find different varieties such as plum soba noodles or even green tea. Traditionally during summer, cold soba noodles are eaten with a dipping sauce called mentsuyuu.

Various garnishes such as scallions and seaweed are added to bring a variety of tastes and textures to the dish.

Ingredients

• 1 pack of dried soba

Topings:

• scallions
• seaweed
• nagaimo (Japanese yam) (optional)
• daikon (Japanese horseradish) (optional)

How to make soba

• Put all the mentsuyuu ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Turn down the heat and cook on low for 5 minutes.
• Strain and set aside.
• Boil the soba noodles according to the packet.
• Drain and rinse under cold water.
• Slice the scallions as thinly as possible.
• Grate the daikon and nagaimo and place in separate dishes.
• For the dipping soup, dilute with 3 parts iced water and 1 part mentsuyuu.
• Serve the soba noodles on a sieve. Traditionally a bamboo rolling sieve is used but anything is okay!