First Field Trip: Noodle House

I should have posted this a couple of days ago but I was so busy. It's Andrea's first field trip with the Homeschool Community, we had so much fun learning about how to make noodles.

The noodles use natural food color such as horenzo (some people call it Japanese spinach) to get the green color; carrot for orange, and beetroot for reddish purple color.

To prepare the food colors:
1. Chop the spinach/horenzo and put in blender, then blitz.
2. Cut the carrot into smaller pieces then blitz in a juice extractor.
3. Do the same with the beetroot.

Next, the noodle making process:
1. In a measuring cup (for easy pouring), beat lightly 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, a pinch of salt, and the food color.
2. Make a well in the middle of the flour (500gr), then slowly pour in the mixture.
3. Knead it just like you make bread until the dough feels rubbery and not sticky.
4. Do the same with the other colors.

5. Run the dough in the rolling machine (this is a special machine) to make the dough thin. If you don't have this machine, then you have to use the rolling pin which will take a long time.
6. When it's thin enough, sprinkle some cornstarch on both sides of the dough.
7. Cut in half to make it easier to run in a noodle machine. Do the same with the other doughs.
8. Now the doughs are ready to be cut in the noodle machine.

9-10. Roll the dough once or twice to make it thinner in the noodle machine.
11. Then, run it through the noodle cutter using the same machine.
12. Do the same with the other colors. Tadaaa... here comes the freshly made colorful vegetable noodles!

Next, we cooked the noodles, seasoned with sesame oil and salt, put stir-fry pork on top of it. Mmm-mmm-mmm... yummy! After eating the whole bowl, we went home with a full stomach. Aahhh....what a happy day!

Andrea really enjoyed watching the whole process and got to try kneading the dough, too.

It's a new experience for her.