Zaru Soba

Mentsuyu*

• 400 ml (14 fl oz) water
• 150 ml (

To make the mentsuyu, place all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook on a low heat for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat. You can keep the mentsuyu for 2 weeks in the refrigerator. I recommend you make a double quantity to use in the sōmen sauce recipe or to make a hot broth for udon and soba noodles by diluting with some dashi. Cook the soba noodles acc