SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Noodles 1, Chapter 4 (Cold Noodle Salads)

Dried egg or thin wheat noodles, soba noodles, rice vermicelli, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, rice vinegar, sugar, honey, fresh ginger and garlic, spring onions, carrots, cucumber, red cabbage, red pepper, lettuce, fresh mint and coriander, limes, firm tofu, smooth peanut butter, roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, chilli sauce, nori (optional) and fish sauce (optional). Check labels for peanuts, sesame, wheat and fish.

Sesame noodle salad (2 portions)
[ ] 200 g dried egg or thin wheat noodles
[ ] 1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
[ ] ½ cucumber, cut into matchsticks
[ ] 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
[ ] 2 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
[ ] 1 tbsp rice vinegar
[ ] 1 tsp sugar
[ ] 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 1 small garlic clove, crushed
[ ] 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted

Soba with a dipping sauce (2 portions)
[ ] 200 g soba (buckwheat) noodles
[ ] 150 ml vegetable stock or dashi, cooled
[ ] 3 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp sugar
[ ] 1 tsp rice vinegar
[ ] 2 spring onions, finely sliced
[ ] 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 1 sheet of nori, cut into thin strips (optional)

A vermicelli herb bowl (2 portions)
[ ] 150 g rice vermicelli
[ ] ½ cucumber, cut into matchsticks
[ ] 1 carrot, grated or cut into matchsticks
[ ] 1 handful lettuce, shredded
[ ] 1 handful fresh mint and coriander leaves
[ ] 200 g firm tofu, pressed, cut into strips and pan-fried until golden
[ ] 1 tbsp vegetable oil, for frying
[ ] 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed
[ ] 3 tbsp lime juice, for the dressing
[ ] 2 tbsp fish sauce (or soy sauce for a vegetarian bowl), for the dressing
[ ] 2 tbsp sugar, for the dressing
[ ] 4 tbsp water, for the dressing
[ ] 1 small garlic clove, crushed, and a little chopped red chilli, for the dressing

Peanut noodle salad (3 portions)
[ ] 200 g dried egg or wheat noodles
[ ] 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter
[ ] 2 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp rice vinegar
[ ] 1 tbsp honey or sugar
[ ] 1 tsp chilli sauce, or to taste
[ ] 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
[ ] 4 tbsp warm water, to thin
[ ] ¼ red cabbage, finely shredded
[ ] 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
[ ] 1 handful fresh coriander
[ ] 2 tbsp roasted peanuts, crushed

For the experiments
[ ] Extra thin egg noodles and rice vermicelli
[ ] Extra sesame dressing ingredients