Recipe of Homemade Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chilled eggplant with ‘somen’ noodles. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chilled eggplant with ‘somen’ noodles using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles:

1. Make ready 1 medium (*about 300g) Eggplant *cut into small pieces
2. Prepare 2 tablespoons Canola Oil
3. Get 1/2 cup ‘Mentsuyu’
4. Take *Note: See ‘Method 1’ to find how to make ‘Mentsuyu’
5. Make ready 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
6. Take Chilli Flakes *as required
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon Grated Ginger *optional
8. Make ready 2 servings ‘Somen’ Noodles OR Capellini (Angel Hair Pasta)

Steps to make Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles:

1. To make 1/2 cup ‘Mentsuyu’, combine following ingredients in a saucepan and boil for a few minutes. See more details at my ‘Mentsuyu’ recipe page. - - 1/2 cup Water - - 1/3 teaspoon Instant Dashi Powder - - 1 & 1/2 tablespoons Mirin - - 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
2. Heat Oil in a frying pan, cook Eggplant over medium heat until soft.
3. Combine ‘Mentsuyu’, Chilli Flakes and Ginger (*optional) in a bowl, add cooked Eggplant and set aside to cool. When cooled, place in the fridge to chill.
4. Cook ‘Somen’ Noodles as instructed. DO NOT add Salt to the water. If you cook ‘Capellini’, you need to add some Salt to the water.
5. When noodles are cooked, drain and rinse well in COLD water, and drain well again. The noodles should be cold.
6. Place drained cold ‘Somen’ Noodles in a bowl, place the marinated eggplant, top with some finely chopped Spring Onion, then pour the marinade (mostly ‘Mentsuyu’) over and enjoy!

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