Somage (Buckwheat Dumpling Soup)
Quick answer
- Total time
- 35 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 1 serving
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
There is no dough: buckwheat flour is scattered straight into simmering anchovy broth and cooks into small lumps that hold the liquid.
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Leftovers firm up as they cool, and cut small and browned in a dry pan they are good all over again.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Remove the heads and innards from the dried sardines and soak them in the water for 20 minutes.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, cook 5 minutes more, then remove the fish to leave a clear broth.
- 2
Shred the daikon and carrot into thin 4 cm strips.
Slice the green onion thinly on the diagonal and cut the leafy greens, stems and leaves together, into manageable lengths.
- 3
Add the daikon and carrot to the sardine broth and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add the green onion and leafy greens, season with soy sauce and salt, and return to a boil.
- 4
Reduce to medium-low heat and sprinkle in the buckwheat flour in three additions.
Stir firmly from the bottom with a wooden spatula so the flour absorbs the broth and gathers into small masses.
- 5
Divide the buckwheat masses into bite-size dumplings with the spatula and cook over low heat for 4 to 5 minutes.
When no dry flour shows in the center and the surfaces are firm, serve with the broth.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
「椎葉の郷土料理」（椎葉村役場総務課） · Checked: 2026-08-11
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