Guest Blogger: Sarma Melngailis’ Sesame-Vegetable Noodles with Herbs
Sarma Melngailis is the owner of one of my FAVORITE restaurants in New York City, Pure Food and Wine, and take-a-way’s, One Lucky Duck. She’s the author of two best selling raw food cook books; Raw Food, Real World and Living Raw Food.
Sarma’s restaurants and books are worth knowing and visiting. She’s a leading lady in the raw food and nutrition movement, and I’m thrilled to have her as a guest blogger.
Sarma chose to share her Sesame-Vegetable Noodles, and here’s what she had to say..
“With a spiral vegetable slicer (like this) it’s incredibly fun to make these noodles from healthy vegetables, and you won’t feel weighed down the way you would with a traditional noodle dish. This is also an easy recipe to make in bulk and you can vary it however you like. I love cilantro and always add a ton of fresh cilantro leaves when I make it, along with some thai basil if I have it available.”
Ingredients
Sesame Dressing
1 cup sesame tahini
1/4 cup sesame oil
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup mellow red miso
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup black sesame seeds
Vegetables
Note from HT: use a mandolin slicer or a spiral vegetable slicer to prepare these. If you don’t have either, use your prep-chef skills and cut vegetables into skinny strips. You can do this!
4 cups daikon radish, perfect for the mandolin
2 red peppers, cored, and julienned by hand
3 medium zucchini, use any of the above. I love this with a spiralizer
3 medium carrots, peeled and julienned on a mandolin
6 baby bok choy, leaves thinly sliced on a bias
3 scallions, whites and about 1 inch of green, thinly sliced
1 big handful of cilantro leaves
Sea salt
Preparation
1. In a large bowl, whisk together the tahini, sesame oil, lemon juice, miso, and 1/2 cup of the water.
Add the remaining water a little bit at a time, while whisking until smooth.
2. In a large bowl, toss all prepared vegetables with the sesame dressing until evenly coated.
Season to taste with sea salt
Sarma Melngailis is the owner of the restaurant Pure Food and Wine, a gourmet raw food restaurant located in Gramercy Park, Manhattan. She’s the author of two raw food cookbooks, and One Lucky Duck , a juice bar and take-a-way with locations in Gramercy Park, Chelsea, and San Antonio, TX. Grab her great books here.
