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. Here is a tip from her about creating this dish:
“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.”
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
Note from HT: use a mandolin slicer or a spiral vegetable slicer to prepare the vegetables. If you don’t have either, use your prep-chef skills and cut vegetables into skinny strips. You can do this!
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. Check out here books here.
