Somen

My standard meal in summer is Somen!

It is fine Japanese noodle.

How to make it basicaly

http://english.evidus.com/magazine/recipe/004.html

Do you know the difference between Somen and Hiyamugi?

Both is same kind of noodle.


Actually, using flour is different.
But the biggest difference is Thickness.

It is set diameter size.
  under 1.3mm is called Somen
1.3mm≦ Hiyamugi ≦1.7mm
Over  1.7mm  is Udon

It means, thinest is called somen, and hiyamugi is thicker than somen.　 

However,

Japanese noodle standard was changed (2004),

For handmade ( "te-nobe " in Japanese) dried noodle

    over 1.7mm is set tenobe Udon,

    under 1.7mm can notice Somen or Hiyamugi.

There are no distinction on the law.

So its up to the maker.  ( machine made is no change)

I like all kinds of noodle, but somen is better:)

 I have one more topic.

 What are some colorful noodle?

You can see them in a bunch noodle.

According to the somen campany,
When you eat, please feel cool and fresh not only taste but also its visual.
Because of them, it add some colorful noodle.


We can enjoy eating somen with flowing!



 Also, its taste is plane, so you can make original dishes with idea!

This picture is from Cookpad, I often refer the recipe.

Is it so yummy, don't you think? http://cookpad.com/recipe/1196551

There many somen recipe, please see them:)

http://cookpad.com/category/247

This is my last posting!

Enjoy summer with health food :D

Korean cold noodle

I got a strange instant food from my friend recently.

This is a Korean instant noodle.

But I cannot read the Hangul alphabet!!

What's this???

I searched these shaped letter,

at least I understand.

It is called BIBIM MEN, instant spicy cold noodles.

It is like a HIYASHI CHUKA in Japanese, cold chinese noodle. 

It seemed spicy and cold.... OK! I will make it :D

Oh my God!
I cannot read the Hangul!!

Fortunately, I understand only 2 words. 

Then, I guess and image Hiyashi Chuka noodle!

When I opened the package, there are  an instant noodle and a paste soup.

In this point, there is no quite difference with Japanese instant noodles.

First, prepairing 600ml boiled water and the put noodle into the pan.

Maybe cook it for 3 minuets.

And then, drain out the water and wash it in cold water.

Oh, I don't have hints anymore...

! ! !

This is BIBIM MEN.

Have you ever eaten BIBIM BA?

So, "bibin" means "to mix"!

Second, add the sause and mix it around.

Finally,  put cut cucumbers, hams and fried eggs on the noodle.
You can choose toppings as you like!

Wow!

It looks like Hiyashi Chuka I know...

But taste is spicy after all.

The noodle is chewy and good!

If you've had enough of Japanese soy sause soup, please try this :)

and then,

Someone please tell me the Hangul :D  

SASAMI

Hello!
Are you tired? I don't like hot summer:(

Today, I recommend this food...SASAMI.

It is a breast meat of a chicken.
As you know it's a healthly meat.

Sasami has rich nutritons!
It contains a lot of niacins, pantothenic acids, vitamins B6, proteins, phosphoruss, and vitamins K.
Especially, chicken's proteins are very good!
Also,
niacins- good for preventing from arteriousclerosis (making it difficult for blood to flow)
Vitamins - good for keeping a fine skin


To compare the calorie with other meats.

rib (pork)
200g/ - 772kcal
29g/ a piece - 112kcal

sasami (chicken)
57g/  - 60kcal

What a low calorie food, don't you think?

I made a dish with sasami chicken.

maybe like Bang Bang chicken ( ban ban zi-?)

Ingredients:
sasami- (breast meat of a chicken)
cucumbers
*beansprouts
*tomatos
sesame oil
(*as you like)

Preparation:
Cut cucmbers adding a salt.
Heat sasami and  beansprouts by microwave oven.
Tear sasami while it is hot.
Toss all of them in sesame oil a little.
Serve the dish with tometos.

That's it.
It taste plain and you can feel good flaver of sesami oil.

Harusame Noodles

I like Harusame noodle.

I often eat Soup Harusame Noodle.

It can make instantly like cup noodles.

But more healthy and feel fullness.

Do you know is “harusame” made from?

It’s a mung bean starch.

 (Japanese called; 緑豆Ryokutou,

But it’s not a green bean; ingen-mane.)

Soup harusame have many kinds of flavor.

For example

-Wonton (wantan)

-Egg (kaki-tama)

-Szechuan Hot Noodles (tang-tang-men?)

And so on→http://www.acecook.co.jp/brand/souph/index.html

Especially, I recommend toridashi-tyuka soup.

Chicken base soup and crisp vegetables are good.

And just before eating, you put a pack of ginger into the cup.

The ginger makes your body hot!

There are some advantages of harusame.

l  Low calorie

l  Harusame noodles do not contain any fat or oil (from the company’s web site)

l  Having a diuretic effect

l  Good for the tired body

Harusame noodles have some effectiveness and delicious taste with low in calories.

Because of that, eater can feel of fullness and keep eating regularly.

So it was adopted a proper product for improving the metabolic syndrome!

Here is a more detail. (Japanese)

http://harusame.info/metabokaizen/

Of course, harusame noodle is better than high calorie cup ramen.

But if you eat them every meal only, you may get worse.

This is English pages of the company.

http://www.acecook.co.jp/english/harusame.html

*To Rochelle,

 I could not log in and post yesterday because of the site didn't work.