Ingredients
- 200 g soba noodles
- 75 g pea shoot vegetables Blanched
- 6 instant vegetarian dumplings
Braised vegetables
- 130 g radish sliced
- 60 g carrot sliced
- 4 dried shiitake mushrooms cut into strips
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
Enzyme ginger sauce
- 25 g young ginger
- 1 bottle LoveJoy Enzyme sauce
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
Garnish
- 25 g sesame seeds
Instructions
Step 1 – Prepare the Japanese Enzyme sauce
- In a small bowl, add in the enzyme sauce ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
Step 2 – Cook the soba noodles
- Boil water in a pot. Add in the soba noodles.
- Once cooked, remove the noodles from the water and set aside.
- #Tip: to prevent the noodles from being overcooked, rinse them with cold water to stop the cooking when removed from the hot water.
Step 3 – Braise the vegetables
- In a frying pan, add the sesame oil, vegetables, salt, pepper and sugar. Stir fry for 2 minutes till the fragrance releases. Add in the soya sauce and stir.
- Add 150ml water to the pan and cover it with a lid. Reduce the heat and braise the vegetables for 5 minutes. If the vegetables are still hard, add in more water and braise them for another 3 minutes until they have softened.
- Once the vegetables are cooked, put them on a plate and set aside.
Step 4 – Pan fry the dumplings
- In a frying pan, heat up 1 tbsp oil and add in the dumplings.
- Pan fry the dumplings for 1 minute on each side. Add 2 tbsp water and cover the pan with the lid.
- Let the dumplings cook for 2 minutes then flip them to the other side until browned. Place them on a plate and set aside.
Step 5 – Assemble the dish
- In 1 serving bowl, add in 1 tsp olive oil, 5g sesame seeds and 3 tbsp braising sauce. Give it a good mix.
- Pour the mixture over the cooked soba noodles and give it a good mix. #Tip: this gives the noodles some flavour and prevents them from clumping together!
- Arrange the dumplings, braised vegetables and pea shoots on the noodles.
- Drizzle the enzyme sauce over the dumplings and noodles. Garnish with the remaining sesame seeds and serve immediately.