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Soba sushi

24 Wednesday Sep 2014

Posted by Zoli in healthy, Japanese, party bites, pasta, peanut free, quick and awesome, Sauces, snacks, soba noodles, vegan, Vegetarian

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My new cheat way to eat wasabi! Sushi with soba. Because I love wasabi but you can’t really just spoon it in, can you? It needs a home. So when you are in the mood for sushi and wasabi and don’t want to go through the whole sushi rice thing (soaking, rinsing the rice, cooling, sugar, vinegar, etc), try the soba noodle version. These hearty, nutritious noodles cook in 4 minutes. The only drawback is the arranging on the nori sheets as these are noodles, not rice that you can simply mush into place. I have read that a good technique to keep the bunches of soba tied with a string while cooking. Then the noodles are perfectly aligned for placing elegantly on nori sheets for rolling. I didn’t have any string to hand in my kitchen and I wasn’t about to go trudging upstairs to look for string so I just cooked them. And I ended up testing for how easy it is to make soba noodle sushi with clumps of noodles instead of perfectly arranged uniform rows of noodles. Turns out it’s fine. Just cut the ends off carefully.

Ingredients for three sushi rolls

2 bundles dried buckwheat soba noodles
1 small cucumber or persian cucumber
1/2 to 3/4 red pepper
1 carrot
sushi nori sheets

Dipping sauce*
1 small piece of dried kelp (about the size of your palm or smaller)
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup good soy sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
3 tsp mirin

wasabi

* simply use soy sauce and wasabi if you like

1) Boil water and cook the soba noodles according to instructions. Rinse with cold water and set aside.
2) Prep the veggies by grating the carrot or using a carrot peeler to slice finely. Slice and julienne the red pepper and cucumber the same way.
3) Place the sheet of nori on a bamboo rolling mat. When the noodles are cooked and rinsed, lay out a good portion on a sheet of nori. A bit more than half of the bundle.
4) Layer the thinly sliced vegetables on top.
5) Using the bamboo rolling mat and your fingers to hold everything in place, roll the bottom bit of the nori sheet over all the noodles and vegetables and tuck in tightly. Then continue rolling the sushi roll until it is completely packaged all together. Set aside, seam side down and let rest for a few minutes. Repeat with the remaining nori sheets and noodles.

To make the dipping sauce

1) Boil the water and dried kelp and then let simmer for about 15 minutes.
2) Let cool, remove kelp and add in the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

Wet a good, sharp knife and cleanly slice the sushi roll as uniformly as you can. Carefully cut the ends of the noodles poking out of the sushi roll. Serve with the dipping sauce in a small bowl with wasabi on the side.

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Spicy noodles: stone cold soba

06 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Zoli in comfort food, healthy, Japanese, pasta, quick and awesome, soba noodles, vegan, Vegetarian

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The morning after my book group I was a little hungover (oh these crazy gals and their books). I am rarely hungry in the mornings but as soon as I woke up I knew what I wanted: cold spicy noodles. Usually I go for a hot bowl of ramen loaded with veggies and chilies when I feel this way but something about the sun and feeling hopeful that the weather will turn warm (eventually) made me crave cold noodles.

But they had to be spicy.

This Japanese dish—although it’s big bowl of wheat noodles—felt light and healthy and IMHO beat out a greasy egg and bacon for rejuvenating your abused, tired, run-down self. Also I give thanks to the fresh veggies and extra wasabi.

Here is a quick way to make a vegetarian cold buckwheat soba with dipping sauce (without the bonito flakes is all):

Ingredients for 2 people
2 portions of buckwheat soba noodles
dried kelp (dashi kombu) or store bought dashi broth if you don’t want to make your own
1 cup water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup mirin
wasabi paste
roasted sesame seeds
other toppings such as nori, green onion, carrots, cucumber

1) To make a dashi broth, soak dried kelp or kombu in water for an hour and then simmer for half hour or so. Add bonito flakes if you are not veggie. This article goes into more detail for making homemade dashi broth. Mine is the quickie version!
2) Bring a pot of water to boil and add the dried soba noodles. As soon as it boils again, turn the heat to a simmer and cook for about 6 minutes (or follow packet instructions). Do not overcook. Strain and rinse with cold water. Set aside.
3) When the kelp broth (dashi kombu) has cooked for a while, remove the kelp and add the soy sauce and mirin. Bring to a simmer again and then let cool. This is your finished dipping sauce.
4) Slice your veggies such as nori, green onion, carrot and cucumber thinly and set out as individual toppings.
5) Serve the cold noodles with sesame seeds, dipping sauce, veggies and as much wasabi as you like for heat.

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