How to make delicious ramen.

Of course you can always buy instant ramen and simply add hot water to make it but nothing beat the ramen made from the scratch. Below are recipe made from scratch and taken from about.com

Making delicious ramen noodles isn't easy. Ramen chefs in Japan usually train hard to make good ramen. This is a quick recipe to make soy sauce flavored ramen at home.

Ingredients:
•2 Chukamen (raw Chinese noodles)
•1 clove finely chopped garlic
•1 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger
•1 tsp sesame oil
•2 cup chicken soup stock
•1 cup kombu dashi soup stock
•1 Tbsp sake
•1 tsp salt
•1 tsp sugar
•3 tbsp soy sauce
•*For toppings:
•Chopped negi
•Nori (dried seaweed)
•Pepper

Preparation:

Heat sesame oil in a deep pan. Saute chopped ginger and garlic in the pan. Lower the heat. Add chicken soup stock and kombu dashi soup stock in the pan and bring to a boil. Add sugar, salt, sake, and soy sauce in the soup. Run the soup through a strainer. Serve hot soup into individual bowls. In the meantime, boil water in a large pan. Add chukamen noodles in the boiling water and cook for a few minutes. Drain the noodles and serve in the hot soup. Place toppings, such as chopped negi and nori seaweed. Sprinkle some pepper if you would like.

*Makes 2 servings


source : about.com on japanese food