Somen

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 50g somen noodles

• myoga (Japanese ginger)

• shiso (Mint family)

• umeboshi (Salt pickled plum)

• 10ml dashi

• 4 tsp soy sauce

• 4 tsp mirin

Steps

1. Combine dashi, soy sauce, and mirin in a pan. Boil and cool down.

2. Finely chop myoga and shiso. Remove the pit of umeboshi and chop finely.

3. Cook the somen according to package instruction. Then wash and chill with ice water.

4. Put the myoga, shiso, and umeboshi onto the somen. Pour the sauce over the somen noodles before serving.

From Cooking Sun, in Kyoto, Japan