Genji Juwari Soba (源氏蕎麦 十割そば) is a dried 100% buckwheat soba from Genji Soba, a soba house in Namba, Osaka, founded in 1929. Juwari means the noodle is made from buckwheat flour alone — the kind of soba its maker describes as gluten-free — for the fullest buckwheat aroma and flavour. A 100 g pack of kanmen (dried noodles) — and it cooks in the microwave in eight minutes, by the maker's own method below.
About Genji Soba
Genji Soba (源氏蕎麦) is a soba house on the Hozenji temple approach in Namba, Osaka, established in 1929 and now run by its third generation. It mills only Japanese-grown buckwheat in-house for its hand-made soba, and makes and sells additive-free soba under the concept "for your health ten years from now"; its range also includes a wheat-free dashi soy sauce and a vegan dashi.
What is juwari soba
Soba are Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour, usually blended with some wheat flour to bind the dough. Juwari (十割, "ten parts") soba is made with 100% buckwheat and no wheat at all — prized for its pronounced, nutty buckwheat aroma.
How to cook — Genji Soba's microwave method
- Place 100 g of the dry noodles in a heatproof container that can hold them straight.
- Add enough water to fully submerge the dry noodles.
- Microwave at 600 W for 8 minutes.
- Remove the noodles and transfer them to another container.
- Pour the cooking water (soba-yu) into a separate container.
- Put the noodles into a container of ice water and rinse them gently, then wash under cold running water.
- Drain well, transfer the noodles to a serving dish and enjoy them with dipping sauce.
How to use & enjoy
Dried soba is boiled, then drained and rinsed in cold water, and eaten either chilled as zaru soba — dipped in a soy-and-dashi tsuyu — or hot as kake soba in a warm dashi broth. Chopped green onion is a common condiment, and tempura is a traditional accompaniment.
Ingredients
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Allergens
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Japanese 100% buckwheat dried soba · 源氏蕎麦 十割そば 乾麺 · Genji Soba range.
