Morikawa ume soumen (dried noodle) with dipping sauce

Ingredients

• 200 g Morikawa Ume Soumen (1 packet)

Dipping Sauce:

• 3/4 teaspoons Hondashi granules
• 1 1/2 cups Water
• 4 1/2 tablepsoons Mirin
• 6 tablepsoons Kikkomann soy sauce

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Preparation

• Boil water in a large pot or wok. Add dried noodles in the boiling water, gently stirring noodles with chopsticks.
• Boil dried noodles for about 3 minutes or follow the package instructions.
• Drain hot noodles and rinse the noodles under running water and drain well.
• Chill noodles in the fridge for few hours.
• Pour ice water over noodles to loosen, drain well and divide into 3 to 4 equal portion on bamboo plates or serving plates.
• Garnish with finely chopped spring onion, shredded carrot and shredded cucumber or nori seaweed and bonito flakes on top of noodles with a bowl of dipping sauce.
• Dipping Sauce:
  Bring all the above ingredients to boil and simmer at low heat for 5 minutes and leave to cool and serve into 3-4 small bowls. Mix some wasabi paste and chopped spring onion in the dipping sauce. Then using chopsticks, pick up a small amount of noodles from the tray and swirls it in the dipping sauce before eating.