Cold Zucchini Udon with Sesame Miso Sauce
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • 1 large zucchini
  • 2-3 tablespoons potato starch
  • *sauce
  • 2 large or 4 small dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 large or 2 small pieces konbu (dried kelp)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon miso
  • 1 tablespoon mirin (or sweetener of your choice)
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2-3 tablespoons ground sesame seeds (toasted one is better)
Instructions
  1. Peel skin of zucchini and spiral (make big noodles)
  2. Coat zucchini noodles with potato starch
  3. Quickly blanch zucchini noodles (for just a couple of minutes) and drain water
  4. Put zucchini noodles in cold water until noodles become cold
  5. Drain water
  6. Put dried shiitake mushrooms and konbu with cold water and bring to boil for a few minutes to make "dashi"
  7. Strain dashi. Discard konbu but do not discard shiitake. You can cook and eat them.
  8. Put dashi in a pan and mix miso, mirin and say sauce into it. Bring to boil and remove from heat. Chill the sauce,
  9. When the sauce becomes cold, add ground sesame seeds.
Recipe by Asian Vegan & Beyond at http://www.asianveganandbeyond.com/cold-zucchini-udon-with-sesame-miso-sauce/