Japan

Zaru Soba

Name: Zaru Soba
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 200 g Soba (buckwheat noodles); 200 ml Dashi; 50 ml each Soy sauce & mirin; 1 tsp Wasabi; 1 Spring onion; some Nori strips

Cold buckwheat noodles with dip

Zaru soba are buckwheat noodles served chilled on a bamboo tray (zaru) - the quintessential Japanese summer dish.

The noodles are dipped into a cool tsuyu of dashi, soy sauce and mirin; wasabi and spring onion add freshness and depth.

Servings2

Time20 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Soba (buckwheat noodles)200 g
Dashi200 ml
Soy sauce & mirin50 ml each
Wasabi1 tsp
Spring onion1
Nori stripssome

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil dashi, soy sauce and mirin into tsuyu, let cool.
Cook the soba per the packet.
Immediately chill in iced water and drain.
Arrange the noodles on the bamboo tray, scatter with nori.
Serve with tsuyu, wasabi and spring onion for dipping.

Make it original

Soba and mirin for zaru soba are in the Asia Boutique.

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