[noodles]
300 g all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
150g water add slowly, mix with chopstick
knead 5 min
cover + rest 10 min
knead 10 min till smooth like playdough
cover + rest 10 min
cut into 8 pieces
roll each piece into sausage
oil them up and place on oily plate
cover with cling film and rest for 1-2 hours
[sauce]
tahini
soy
numbing oil (chilli flakes, ground Sichuan pepper, minced garlic, scallions, hot oil)
sambal
sesame seeds
chekiang vinegar
[toppings]
spring onions
sesame
cucumber
[noodles, cont'd]
roll each sausage out into rectangle
make indentation with chopstick down middle
bring pot of water to boil
oil working surface
stretch each rectangle out
then bang on surface
tear from middle down line
boil 1 min or until floating
transfer to bowl with a little oil to prevent sticking
mix with sauce and toppings
[poem]
Apex (丶) rising up to the sky,
Over Two bends (冖) by Yellow River's side.
Character "Eight"'s (八) opening wide,
"Speech" (言) enters inside.
You twist, I twist too, (幺 'tiny')
you grow, I grow (長) with you,
Inside, a horse (馬) king will rule.
"Heart" (心) down below,
"Moon" (月) by the side,
Leave a hook (刂 'knife') for
Matang (Mahua, Fried Dough Twist) to hang low,
On our carriage, to Xianyang we'll ride (radical: 辶 'walk').
