Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chilled eggplant with ‘somen’ noodles. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Chilled Eggplant with ‘Somen’ Noodles is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

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

1. Get 1 medium (*about 300g) Eggplant *cut into small pieces
2. Take 2 tablespoons Canola Oil
3. Make ready 1/2 cup ‘Mentsuyu’
4. Make ready *Note: See ‘Method 1’ to find how to make ‘Mentsuyu’
5. Take 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
6. Prepare Chilli Flakes *as required
7. Get 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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