Home made Udon!
This is for 4 servings.
Kitchenaid Stand mixier
All purpose flour 400g
Salt water (Salt 19g + Water 195g)
Cornstarch (use it after making a dough)
add all purpose flour in the bowl then a half of the salt water evenly in it.
mix it.
add the other half of the salt water evenly.
mix it.
looks well mixed. If you see some flours at this point, mix it enough by hand.
make it a dough by hand.
like this.
put the dough in 2galon Ziploc plastic bag, and put it on the floor.
stomp it slowly like this.
and keep stomping it slowly till it gets flat.
It is flat now.
fold it twice horizontally.
then fold it twice vertically.
flip it over like this.
repeat the same thing 5-6 times. Probably it will take 20-30mins.
finally like this.
remove air in the bag as much as possible,
and let it sleep under blanket on your bed for 3 hours.
after 3 hours, it looks like this. The surface looks slightly wet. The color gets a little yellow.
Spread out cornstarch on the cutting board and around the dough to prevent the stickiness on the dough.
then cut into 4peaces.
Here are the pasta attachments for KitchenAid stand mixer. The left is fettucine cutter. The right is pasta roller.
Attach the pasta roller on the stand mixer.
Set 1 on the dial of the pasta roller.
then roll the dough.
repeat rolling the dough with the setting dial 2, 3, then 4,
and put cornstarch on the dough again.
replace the attachment with the fettucine cutter, then cut the flat dough.
done!
boil the udon noodles for 6-7 mins, then rinse them well in a colander using cold water.
Put minced scallion (as much as you like) and minced ginger (just a little) in Soba soup. (You can buy Soba soup in Japanese food shop, or also available on some online shops like amazon.com.)
Yummy!
