Walking on Earth - How to Make Udon Noodles

Documentary Podcast of my trip to Japan in the Spring of 2008

Episode 3

Ingredients
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• 1 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup of water
• 2 1/2 cups wheat flour

Equipment
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• 2ft x 2ft cutting board
• Rolling pin or dowel
• Small bowl of wheat flour
• Long Knife or Cleaver
• Container for noodles

Directions
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Mix ingredients together with hands until doughy. Knead dough in a plastic bag (traditionally this is done with the feet). When the dough becomes rubbery, flatten with a wooden dowel or rolling pin until approximately 1/16 of an inch thick. Dust the flattened dough with flour and pleate to length of knife. Cut to desired thickness (1/6 of an inch recommended). Shake free excess flour, twist into bundles, and place in container.

Handmade noodles are best eaten promptly. Boil noodles for approximately five minutes. Add desired seasonings.

Suggested Seasonings
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• Fresh Ginger
• Green Onions
• Shitake Mushrooms
• Katsuobushi (Dried Fish Flakes)
• Basil and/or parsley
• Nori
• Chili Powder
• Sake ^_^

いただきます
(Let's Eat!)

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• travel
• Japan
• Japanese
• abroad
• study
• trek
• foreign
• gaijin
• world
• udon
• cooking
• cuisine
• noodles

[kokishundo]

aww. the only katsuobushi singapore has is bonito flakes... and it darn expensive... anyway, i know its kneaded by using feet, coz of the plastic wrap... but cant we use hands instead? coz mayb the japanese don't mind it coz its traditional, but as a singaporean, i find it a little distasteful...

[scythefalcon]

I completely understand and agree. That's why they used the plastic bags. If this were done traditionally it would probably have been barefoot :-P You can certainly use your hands, but you'll really appreciate the advantage of using your whole body weight to knead the dough. It gets tiring very quickly otherwise. Katsuobshi is expensive, but it lasts! Use hon-dashi for soup base and garnish with only a little katsuobushi.

[hiragana3]

質問なのですが、アメリカの人は醤油は大丈夫なのでしょうか。

[scythefalcon]

I live near Little Tokyo in Los Angeles so I can buy Hon-Tsuyu (Bonito Fish Stock). Most Americans can't buy Japanese ingredients so using soy sauce is ok, but it would probably be better to use another fish-based stock.

[itsumonihon]

@MegaMr2008 never had a glass of wine either i suppose? bet you didn't know how they make wine either..

typical american, you don't know shit about where your food comes from, did you know the beef in your hamburger was a cow?

[Teddywolf]

finally, Ive been looking for how to make udon for a while thank you for putting this up ^_^.

[chinateacherdenise]

Great video Ty

[celtpilot]

very cool!

[Kehmist]

Amazing thank you@! :D

Now I can make a beef broccoli stir fry tonight :D

[shylolitad0ll]

i just wish there was a better method in folding dough then... standing on it 0:44 for enjoyment i guess

[FRIEDFISHPLZ]

I don't have wheat flour, is that okay?

[AirSevenFour]

@mrcyriljade Stop stepping in shit, and clean your feet. ^_^

[AirSevenFour]

@MegaMr2008 Stop stepping in shit, and clean your feet. ^_^

[MegaMr2008]

sorry for bad English but you smash it without your feet and you eat it. That's fucken disgusting. Seriously

[vgchoo]

thanks!

[swincnik]

2:22 product placement :D

[lemonwasher]

absolutely great vid! just wondering though, is it more traditional that they aren't round? because they look more like linguine/fettucine than the round white vaccum packed stuff that's available where I live.

[mrcyriljade]

stepping with their smelly legs?what a disgusting noodle,don't ever eat that

[jameswray50]

Were can I take 1 of these classes

[kokishundo]

@KyoTakano true, true.. oh yeah, about the noisy eating. well, apparently, the louder the slurp, the more delicious it means.

[KyoTakano]

@kokishundo Its NOt The You Really Have To step On It... You Just Need Heavy And Well Trained Hands For The job... And Since Thy were Pretty Much Beginners. They Needed To Use Their Feet Instead Of hands......

And Did You Know That In Japan People Eat Noisily To Tell The Chef that The Cooking Was Delicious???

[juandefucan]

I love the full body workout you get! That way you can eat extra yummy udon.  Lovely video and music.

[kerteszzbp]

What is this musik? I like it!! The noodele too.

[dreamyprettyangel]

@thisisnotyours1 what's so gross? i mean, there is a plastic thingy on top. So, there' nothing wrong with that

[wantanmien]

Great video. Thank you, 多謝 wantanmien

[thisisnotyours1]

eewww!!! you step on them?!

[garrettsergeant]

@12ock Not hard. Learned at a small place up in the mountains. I cannot remember where as our school arranged the trip. It was next door to a mushroom farm is all I can remember

[12ock]

where did u learn .. i mean where in japan did u learn in making udon is it hard?

[daisieful]

@jezuceto yup. tsp is tea spoon. TSP is table spoon.

[sient005]

how long can you leave it before it goes off?