Japanese Noodle Salad

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 50 g pumpkin seeds
• 50 g sesame seeds
• 125 g dried egg noodles
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce (dark or rich)
• 2 teaspoons clear honey
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 red pepper
• 2 medium carrots (peeled)
• 2 stalks celery
• 3 -4 radishes
• 3 spring onions

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 190c/gas5. spread the pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes leave to cool.
• 2 boil the noodles as per instructions on pack and drain then rinse under cold running water.
• 3 put the vinegar, orange juice, soy sauce, honey and sesame oil in a large bowl and whisk together. add the noodles and toss them together.
• 4 cut the red pepper and carrots into very thin strips. thinly slice the radishes and spiring onions (onions at an angle to look pretty!).
• 5 add the vegetables and seeds to the noodles and toss together. serve warm or cold -- .