If ramen is too heavy for you, try soba noodles! Made out of buckwheat, combine with a light yet umami filled broth & a lightly fried vegetable tempura called the kakiage, it's healthy yet filling! Perfect for the winter too! [Kakiage Ingredients (2 - 4 patties)] 1/2 carrot 1/2 onion 1/3 shaft of negi (can replace with scallions/green onions) 1/2 bundle mushrooms (maitake used in video) Mitsuba leaves (can replace with parsley) Peeled shrimp (optional) Batter mix: 1/2 egg, 100ml water, 50ml carbonated water, 100g tempura flour (can replace with cake flour or all-purpose flour) 1. Cut up veggies into thin & long pieces, optionally add shrimp. Mix it up. 2. Put 1 patty full into a bowl, add & mix tablespoon of flour. 3. Make the batter mix with the above, then gradually add into veggies. Should not be too thick 4. Try to make a roundish pattern, then fry at 340°(F) for about 2 minutes. Push along all sides to retain round shape. 5. Flip it over, keep pushing & fry for another minute or two. Take it out. [Dashi Broth Ingredients] 1L water 20g dashi kombu Handful of bonito flakes 1. Heat water with dashi kombu just until just before boiling, then lower heat & simmer for 10 minutes. 2. Take out kombu, heat until just boiling again then turn heat off. Put in handful of bonito flakes, leave it for 5 minutes, then filter it out. [Flavor Broth Ingredients] 150ml soy sauce 50ml mirin 50g sugar 1. Mix the above, bring to light boil then simmer for ~5 minutes. [Final Soba Ingredients (1 serving)] 1 bundle soba noodles 1 kakiage patty 1 flavor broth : 5 dashi broth (adjust to your desired richness) 1. Boil a bundle of soba noodles for about 5 minutes. 2. Combine dashi broth & flavor broth in about a 1 to 5 ratio. For example, 70ml flavor broth : 350ml dashi broth. If too thick, add more dashi broth. 3. Combine into bowl, add kakiage patty on top along with desired garnishes.
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