Homemade Butter-Parsley Pasta Recipe

I have some parsley flakes sitting inside a bottle. Gave me an idea for a batch of aromatic pasta for lunch. Malcolm took butter out of the fridge to make sandwich earlier and left it on the kitchen table. It looks so inviting that i decided to use butter instead of oil for my noodles today.

I only have unbleached plain flour left. With the parsley flakes and a teaspoon of clarified butter, my Joyoung Noodle Maker churned out a nice batch of Butter-Parsley flavored pasta. The result is really really good and has that faint herby-buttery scent. Go give it a try:

Skill level: Intermediate

Disc: Medium Flat Wide

Homemade Butter-Parsley Pasta Recipe

400g unbleached plain flour

140ml water

1 tsp clarified salted butter

1 tbsp dried parsley flakes (or finely chopped fresh parsley)

1 tsp sea salt

Homemade Soba - Best Low-Gluten Noodle Recipe

 

I'm super happy today. Just produced the best batch of homemade soba noodles with my Joyoung Noodlemaker. It came out smoothly, without having the ridges appearing on the surface of the strands. Dry to the touch, held together well enough to not break as they appeared!!! I managed to get 460g worth of soba with a combination of 400g buckwheat flour + plain flour.

Cooked 150g for my two boys, and have four more servings for later on. Had it with tomatoes-garlic-onions-basil sauce. I know, it's a weird combination but the boys like it. So, i'll just call today's meal Sobaghetti, ok. I know, you all now want to know the ratio used in this batch of homemade low-gluten noodle recipe right.... here you go :

Homemade Soba Recipe v2

250g unbleached plain flour
150g organic buckwheat flour
140ml water
1tsp oil
1tsp sea salt

Enjoy :)

Homemade Carrot Noodles

Hubs wanted to drink carrot juice today. So, the good wife went to buy carrots back to juice a large cup for him. Then realized all the pulp will go to waste if i were to just flush them down the sinkhole. Watudu, being the frugal person that i am, measured and poured some unbleached plain flour into the Joyoung Noodlemaker. Added a pinch of salt to it. Used as much carrot juice and pulp as i could for a batch of Homemade Carrot Noodles, a few drops of garlic oil, and pressed the auto button.

This is the second time i'm making noodles today, lol. First was just a batch of plain ones as you can see in the container beneath my hand. I really do love to see the small orangey carrot bits along the noodle strands. Arent they lovely? Come to think of it, i should have added honey to the liquid mixture. My kids loved the batch of Homemade Wholemeal Honey Noodles i made earlier. Maybe tomorrow when someone wants to drink carrot juice, lol!!!

How To Make Tomato-Egg Noodles (Pictorial Guide)

I have nothing much in my fridge except vege and unbleached hi protein flour today. No idea what to cook for the kids either, lol. After rummaging through the containers, i saw a few tomatoes, some broccoli and purple sweet potatoes. As the latter two require steaming and mashing to make noodles with, i opted for tomatoes this time.

Cut up 2 large tomatoes and blended them for the juice. The remaining pulp will be perfect for cooking the sauce to go with the noodles.

Cracked an egg into the liquid measuring jug that came with the Joyoung Noodlemaker.

Add the fresh tomato juice in to achieve 120ml of liquid in total. I also added 1 teaspoon of olive oil into the liquid for extra smooth noodles.

This time, i used 250g of the unbleached hi protein flour and 50g of superfine flour. Added 1 teaspoon of sea salt for added flavor.

And voila.... a batch of silky smooth springy homemade tomato-egg noodles for today. Then, my 8yo little chef skipped into the kitchen. As he sipped on the remaining tomato juice, complained why isnt the color red like the tomatoes. o.O..... I asked him to go do the color math. Red Tomato + Yellow Yolk = ............. and he went, "ya horrr... Orange Noodles". Pheeewwww... *wipes sweat from forehead* :p

Alright, i know.... go get the Homemade Tomato-Egg Noodle Recipe here :)

Homemade Chasoba (Greentea Buckwheat Noodles) Recipe

Homemade Chasoba Recipe

175g (adjusted from 125g) unbleached flour (high protein flour)
75g organic buckwheat flour 
90ml cold water
1 tsp greentea powder
1/2 tsp sea salt

Enjoy your homemade noodle :)

How To Make Chasoba Using A Noodlemaker (Video Guide)

It's another glorious Sunday. A great day to play with the Joyoung Noodlemaker. My 8yo was helping me with the ingredients and he found greentea powder inside the fridge. That gave me an idea to whip up a batch of Chasoba for today. We made Soba recently and everyone love its nutty flavor.

The ingredients for Chasoba remains the same as the ones listed at Homemade Soba Recipe, with the addition of a teaspoon of greentea powder. My little chef will be making it for you this time, cos, well, i need to hold the camera for this video, lol!!! The Joyoung Noodlemaker is his actually, and he is quite an expert at making noodles for an 8 year old kid. He is still a bit shy and did not face the camera much, yet eager to make his very first online appearance. Already a familiar face on my Facebook, and now, he will be on Youtube too :)

In this video, Chef M (Malcolm), will be showing you How To Make Chasoba Using A Noodlemaker with just 5 ingredients. Medium round disc is used for this batch of Homemade Chasoba. Enjoy the video :



This is the second part of the video that shows my left hand placed at the back of the noodles, guiding it down as it is being extruded from the disc:



Homemade Chasoba Recipe

How To Make Purple Sweet Potato Noodles Using A Noodlemaker (Pictorial Guide)

I grew up eating sweet potatoes, watching my mom pottering around the kitchen. Sweet potatoes are readily available and they are really cheap too. Mom used to cook it in a variety of ways, baked, steamed, deep-fried, boiled sweet dessert etc. Me, i love having them steamed. Warm, succulent, sweet, very much a comfort food when i was little.

Last weekend, i saw a man selling sweet potatoes by the roadside on my way back to the car after buying our weekly food supplies from the wet market. He had all colors in small piles on a mat. As i had just finished a batch of orange sweet potatoes recently, i bought purple sweet potatoes this time. Not much, only about 500g and it only cost Rm2.50.

Back home, the moment my #2 saw them, he wanted to make Purple Sweet Potato Noodles with his Joyoung Noodlemaker. And after packing everything into the fridge, i quickly steamed a few tubers for him. He even reminded me to steam an extra one as he wanted to munch on one as he played with his noodlemaker, lol.

Let me show you How To Make Purple Sweet Potato Noodles Using A Noodlemaker.

Skill level: Intermediate (do master the basic recipes first before attempting this as you will need to know how to gauge the moisture content of the dough by sight)

For this batch of purple sweet potato noodles, i used 3 medium sized tubers. Simply steam them on high heat. They should be ready in about 20 minutes. Poke a chopstick into the sweet potato and if i goes in and comes out easily, it is fully cooked.

Next, peel the skin off the sweet potato and mash it with the back of a fork. We will need 150g of mashed purple sweet potato flesh, no skin, ok.

As i ran out of organic unbleached plain flour, i used 250g of normal plain flour to go with the mashed purple sweet potatoes. Well, to me, other than a preference, both types of flour, whether unbleached or plain, tastes the same.

Pour the flour into the noodlemaker first.

Followed by the steamed and mashed purple sweet potatoes. You may add 1/2 to 1 tsp of sea salt into the flour to enhance the flavor of the noodle if you like. I did not use any water for this recipe. This depends on the moisture content of the steamed purple sweet potato. If you notice that it seems a bit dry and not binding well with the flour, add water in by the drops until it looks right. This is an acquired sight skill. Practice makes perfect.

Make sure the front panel where the noodle extrudes from is turned clockwise to the right. You will be able to see the "locked" icon printed on it. Next, slot the top cover's hinges properly to the noodlemaker and press down until you hear the loud "click" sound. Turn the front panel a bit to see if it moves or not. It should not budge more than a teensy weensy bit. If it moves, that means the front panel is not turned to the lock icon. Therefore, you will have to remove the top cover again to correct it. If not, the machine will not operate.

Once everything is in properly in place, press the "Auto" button and the noodlemaker will start kneading the dough for a few minutes. I love watching it as it kneads. Kinda therapeutic, at least for me, LOL!!!

The noodlemaker will pause for a few seconds once the first kneading cycle is completed (about 3 minutes). It will then start extruding the noodles. I usually wait for it to extrude till it reaches the floured baking sheet or plate. I will then flour the palm of my left hand and hold the back of the noodles as it exits the disc like i'm guiding the noodle strands downwards, and use my right hand to sprinkle flour onto the extruding noodles. This is important to prevent the noodle strands from sticking together.

The noodlemaker stops halfway to knead the dough a second time, pauses, and continues to extrude the dough until it senses that there isnt much left inside the container. Once it stops completely, you may turn the noodlemaker's main power supply off. Hold on to the strands and then run a finger down from the top of the disc to break the noodle strands from it. You can then twist them into individual balls to your preferred serving size.

Here, i twisted a few balls of purple sweet potato noodles. Am still working on achieving a neat twisted ball, hahaha. 

Here is a closeup shot of my purple sweet potato. I love love love love love its shade. It is not the original rich purple color of the steamed tuber. Rather, a gorgeous shade of pastel lilac.

C'est magnifique!!

I served my Homemade Purple Sweet Potato Noodles with sliced cucumbers. And also some cubed purple sweet potatoes from the extra tuber that i steamed for my kid. Seasoned it with some garlic oil, cayenne pepper and black pepper. All it takes is some spring onions and coriander to make it look pretty. Simply delish :)