Soba noodle soup

Soba is Japanese noodles. This soup I made is chicken soup with a few noodle strands floating in the broth. If you cook the noodles along with the chicken and carrot, it will absorb the broth. 

Talking about soba and Japan, there is an excellent book called Ikigai, which is the Japanese secret to a fulfilling life. I remember enjoying it.

Ingredients for the soup are 

Soba noodles - a few

Chicken breasts - 2, cubed

Carrot - 2, peeled and cubed

Salt - to taste

Pepper - 1 tsp

Water - 4 cups

Olive oil - 1 tsp

Ginger - 1/2 inch, peeled and thinly chopped

Garlic - 4 pods, peeled and thinly chopped

Boil noodles in water till it swells up and becomes soft. Strain and keep aside.

Clean chicken and cook in pressure cooker for 3 whistles. Open lid of cooker, add 3 cups of water, carrot, salt and pepper. Cook on slow flame, 15 to 20 minutes without lid.

In a saucepan, add olive oil. When it becomes warm, add ginger and garlic. Stir, 5 minutes.

Add sauteed ginger and garlic into the cooker which has the other ingredients. Add cooked noodles too. Continue to cook on slow flame for another five minutes.

Serve hot with breadcrumbs.