Cold Somen

Somen are very thin, white Japanese noodles made of wheat flour.   The noodles are usually served cold with a light flavored dipping sauce or tsuyu and sometimes with Tempura.  Somen is a bit like a Cappellini, Italian Pasta, very thin so it takes only 2-3 minutes to boil and it is very suitable on a hot summer day.

My children are still on school holiday and they are hungry for lunch.
As we had a lot of potatoes, bread in Europe, I made this somen lunch for them.

Boil somen 2-3 minutes and wash with cold running water.  While boiling somen, you can make sauce as follows:

1. Chopped Tomato, cucumber mix with Natto in a small bowl.
2. In bigger bowl, put 6 tsp tsuyu(you can buy at an Asian section of the most supermarket) and 1tsp vinegar.
3. When somen are ready, put them in 2's bowl and mix well.
4. Put 1 and mix very well.
5. Put on the plate and sprinkle white sesame and parsley on top.  You can put wasabi if you like.

Yummy:)