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Interestingly, images of people preparing noodles have even been found in Egyptian tombs. Scientists were able to find out that such a product was used by culinary specialists already in the 4th millennium BC. It is believed that its spread was facilitated by Marco Polo, who brought dried pieces of dough to Europe from his next trip to China. This happened back in 1292.
Noodle dishes are now prepared all over the world - in Asia, America, the East, Europe and even Africa. Some chefs serve it as an independent dish, while others serve it with a hearty side dish. Noodles are also often added to a variety of soups.
It is homemade egg noodles that are considered the safest for health, because they do not contain harmful additives, as in many store-bought products. You can prepare it yourself using a variety of recipes. For example, not only with water, but also with milk, butter, semolina.
Classic recipe
The classic recipe for homemade noodles includes only 5 ingredients.
These include water, salt and the simplest products that every housewife always has on hand.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- egg (large size) – 1 pc.;
- flour (premium grade, already sifted) – 8-8.5 tbsp. l.;
- water (boiled and cooled) – 1 tbsp. l.;
- coarse salt – 1 pinch;
- any vegetable oil – ½ tsp.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- Flour should be poured through the finest sieve into a large bowl that is convenient for mixing. There it is laid out in a mound, in the middle of which it is necessary to make a small depression. Pour the contents of a large raw egg into the resulting “crater” without beating it.
- After this, you can gently mix the combined products with a fork. In the process, you need to remove all lumps and achieve maximum homogeneity of the mass.
- At the next stage, you need to pour into the mixture all the liquid ingredients stated in the recipe (this is oil and water), add salt.
- It is most convenient to mix products with your hands. This way it will be possible to achieve smoothness and uniformity of the dough much faster.
- Next, you need to roll the resulting mass into a tight ball and place it on a surface sprinkled with flour (to avoid stickiness).
- All that remains is to roll out the dough very thin. If there is no special device for this, you can use a regular rolling pin. The final thickness of the layer should be no more than 2 mm.
Then the resulting sheet of dough must be carefully and tightly rolled into a tube, and then cut into thin noodles.
How to serve a dish
The resulting product can be cooked immediately - put into boiling meat broth and cook for about 4-5 minutes. All you have to do is add pieces of a pre-boiled egg, assorted bread and you’ll get a hearty lunch. You can also wrap the noodles in a bag and store them in a cool place until your next culinary experiment.
Noodles for soup
Homemade egg noodles, the recipe for which is published below, is perfect for a variety of soups. It can be added to meat, vegetable, and fish dishes.
Homemade egg noodles, recipe for soup.
It is permissible to cut the product either very thinly - into strips - or into wide layers to make it the main ingredient of the treat.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- flour (already sifted premium) – 110-120 g;
- raw egg (large size) – 1 pc.
- high quality olive oil – 1 tsp;
- fine salt - 1 pinch.
The amount of flour may need to be increased or decreased, depending on its quality and the size of the egg.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- First of all, break a large raw egg into a small bowl. And then use a fork or hand whisk to lightly beat it until the white and yolk are combined.
- When the egg mass becomes homogeneous, you can salt it. The main thing is to use fine salt so that it dissolves quickly and completely while kneading the dough.
- At the next stage, you need to start adding flour that has been sifted at least 2 times in advance. You should add it a couple of tablespoons at a time, after each serving, thoroughly mix the components so that lumps do not form. The whole process will take approximately 12-15 minutes.
- Next, you will need to roll out the resulting mass very thinly - this is the most difficult stage of the recipe. The final thickness of the layer should be about 1 mm. To make the workpiece softer and easier to work with, coat it with olive oil.
- After treatment with vegetable fat, the layer should be slightly dried and rolled into a tight roll.
All that remains is to cut the workpiece into thin or thick noodles to suit your taste.
How to serve a dish
The resulting product must first be dried, and then sent to an almost finished soup or for storage in a glass jar or canvas bag. These noodles cook very quickly in first courses. If it turns out thin, 2-3 minutes will be enough. in boiling water.
Useful tips and tricks
The noodles will turn out more tender and crumbly if you follow these recommendations during their preparation:
- When preparing products at home, it is advisable to use whole grain flour. Then the noodles will not boil over during the process and will become more healthy.
- You only need to add pasta to boiling water. Moreover, it should be at least 1 liter per 150 g of dry product. And it is also advisable to add salt to the water at the rate of 5-7 g per 1 liter.
- To prevent the noodles from sticking together during cooking, add vegetable oil to the liquid. If the dish is prepared in a multicooker, then the bowl of the device can be pre-lubricated with butter.
- Dry noodles should only be stored in an airtight, sealable container. In general, it is better to keep homemade products on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
Depending on the additional ingredients, boiled noodles can be dietary or high-calorie.
This is worth considering to avoid gaining excess weight:
Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates | Calorie content per 100 g | |
Classic noodles | 3 | 0 | 18 | 84 |
homemade noodles | 4 | 2 | 19 | 106 |
Italian noodles | 8 | 13 | 19 | 228 |
Noodles with vegetables | 4 | 5 | 5 | 104 |
Crumbly and tender egg noodles will be an excellent basis for a family lunch or dinner. It can be served as a side dish for meat and fish dishes, seafood and vegetables. And it will take a few minutes to cook such a delicacy.
For lagman with chicken
Homemade egg noodles, the recipe for which is intended for lagman, has one little secret - baking soda is added to it.
Just ½ tsp of this ingredient will be enough. for 700-80 g of flour.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- premium flour (sifted) – 700-760 g;
- eggs (large) – 2 pcs.;
- water (boiled, cooled) – 170-200 ml;
- vegetable oil (both sunflower and olive are suitable) – 2 tbsp. l.;
- salt and baking soda - ½ tsp each;
- vinegar or lemon juice - to extinguish soda.
The amount of salt can be slightly increased to suit your taste. Be sure to use fine, non-iodized ones.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- Place all dry ingredients in a large bowl first. They must be mixed thoroughly so that the soda and salt are distributed throughout the flour mass. The latter should also be sifted a couple of times additionally. It is very important to extinguish the soda with citrus juice or any vinegar before starting cooking.
- The result should be a homogeneous mass - elastic and easy to work with. At the same time, it should be made softer than for dumplings, but thick enough.
- The resulting dough must be molded into a ball and then cut into strips. After this, each workpiece must be rolled up like a snail and laid out on a surface sprinkled with flour, covered with a clean towel made of natural fabric. In this form, the dough will “rest” for approximately 40-50 minutes.
- The next step is to lubricate the surface and hands with vegetable oil and pull out each “snail.” You need to act extremely carefully so that the dough does not tear. The result should be very thin noodles - approximately 5 mm thick. It's okay if it turns out to be uneven in different places.
The resulting noodles are completely ready for cooking and adding to the lagman.
How to serve a dish
For the lagman, the grounds of vegetables and meat, broth, and noodles are prepared separately. The latter needs to be boiled, and then placed in deep bowls. Meat and vegetables are placed on top of the noodles. The treat is served immediately hot.
Salad with Rollton instant noodles and vegetables – recipe with photo
In autumn, this salad is especially popular, because it mostly consists of fresh vegetables. And they will be complemented by Rollton instant noodles.
What you will need:
- Rollton pack,
- tomatoes (preferably cherry) - 6-8 pcs.
- lightly salted cucumber - 2 pcs.
- bell pepper yellow/red - 1 piece,
- fresh greens,
- butter,
- salt, pepper, other seasonings - to taste.
If Rollton is not at hand, then it can be replaced with Doshirak. The principle of preparing the salad will not change.
How to cook
Remove the instant noodles from the packaging and, without breaking them, pour boiling water in a bowl. Add seasonings and vegetables from the package. Cover with a lid. After 5 minutes, drain the water and let the noodles cool completely.
Wash all vegetables and cut into small pieces.
Melt the butter in a frying pan, finely chop the greens and fry a little.
We put everything in a salad bowl - noodles, herbs, vegetables. Stir, salt and pepper to taste. And we serve it to the table.
Noodles with milk
The calorie content of such noodles is approximately 132 kcal per 100 g.
And the BZHU will be:
BJU | Value in g per 100 g |
Squirrels | 3,7 |
Fats | 0,8 |
Carbohydrates | 17,9 |
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- sifted flour – 270-300 g;
- milk (any fat content) – 80-90 ml;
- large egg – 1 pc.;
- dried herbs – 1-2 pinches;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- flour – 140-150 g;
- beet sugar.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- The main components of the noodles will be flour, milk and egg. Of the latter, only the yolk will be used. Protein can be added to other dishes. The yolk should be mixed with dried aromatic herbs and lightly beaten.
- Next, the resulting yellow mass must be combined with premium flour, sifted 1-2 times. You can immediately pour the remaining dry ingredients – salt and sugar – into the mixture. 1 pinch of the latter will be enough to highlight the taste of the finished noodles.
- At the next stage, you will need to add milk to the dough. This product can be infused all at once.
- Only after combining all the components of the recipe should you start kneading the dough. It is most convenient to combine the ingredients first with a spoon, and then directly with your hands.
- The result should be a stiff, dense dough. If the mass has the wrong consistency, it will fall apart during cooking. To avoid this, when kneading the dough, you should try to add as much flour as possible to it.
- When the mixture is completely ready, it needs to be placed on a surface generously sprinkled with flour (the amount is not indicated in the recipe).
- Next, you need to use a heavy rolling pin to roll out the cake to a thickness of approximately 4-5 mm. When the layer becomes thin, it must be sprinkled with flour again and rolled out again to the same parameters. The procedure must be repeated 2 more times.
- Only after this can the workpiece be cut into noodles. It should be as thin as possible.
It must be taken into account that during the cooking process the resulting straw will increase significantly in size.
How to serve a dish
Noodles according to this recipe dry out quite quickly, so you should cook them in 1-2 portions. The finished product can be served as an independent side dish. To do this, place the noodles in a pan of boiling salted water and cook for at least 5 minutes. Next, the resulting treat should be placed in a colander, rinsed, seasoned with butter and served.
Wok of instant noodles Rollton - the most delicious recipe
A wok is a method of quickly frying food with constant stirring, called stir-fry.
What you will need:
- 2 packs of Rollton instant noodles,
- 200 gr. meat (beef, pork, chicken fillet),
- 1 onion,
- 1 tomato
- 2 bell peppers,
- 1 young zucchini (you can use 1/2 zucchini),
- 100 gr. green beans,
- fresh dill, parsley,
- 3-4 cloves of garlic,
- 2-3 tbsp. soy sauce,
- 50 gr. butter,
- tbsp sunflower oil,
- salt, ground black pepper, rosemary, thyme, paprika, basil - to taste.
As you can see, the composition of this dish is quite decent. This means you can safely cook it for lunch or dinner for the whole family.
With water
Homemade egg noodles (the recipe can be changed to suit your taste) are also prepared in water. In this case, it turns out to be very elastic, the dough does not tear when rolling.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- egg – 1 pc.;
- water (filtered or boiled) – 180-200 ml;
- salt – 1 pinch;
- premium sifted flour - 3.5-4 tbsp.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- It is most convenient to knead noodles according to this recipe using a stand mixer. Therefore, products should be immediately placed into the device’s bowl. First, the contents of a raw egg and filtered/boiled water are poured into it.
- After thoroughly mixing the components with a whisk (the white and yolk should be combined in the process, and the whole mass should be covered with foam), you can pour in the flour.
- Next, kneading the dough should be entrusted to the mixer. You should end up with a lump in the bowl. It will be heterogeneous.
- The finished mass should be left under the film for approximately 10-12 minutes, and then kneaded with your hands or beaten several times (at least 20) on a flat horizontal surface. Adding this will make the dough both homogeneous and plastic.
- The resulting lump must be divided into pieces, each one must be rolled out thinly, sprinkled with a minimum amount of flour.
After drying the pieces, they can be cut into long strips. But at this stage there is no need to add flour.
How to serve a dish
The resulting noodles can be boiled in water immediately. There is also an option to leave it to dry or wrap it in a bag and put it in the freezer for storage.
Features of choosing ingredients
You can make your own noodles at home. This is not a very complicated process, which, however, requires a certain amount of time and skills in working with the dough. It is much easier to purchase finished products in a store.
When buying noodles, you need to pay attention to the packaging. We look at expiration dates, product composition, and the integrity of the package itself. If you purchase foreign-made goods, then you need to do this only from a trusted seller, a reliable manufacturer.
The appearance of the product itself in the package can also tell a lot about its quality. Of course, this is not spaghetti, which will be smooth and the same size. But if you buy noodles, they should not be broken, uneven in color, or crumble.
By carefully choosing pasta in the store, as well as following the recommendations for preparing it, you can get a lot of tasty and healthy dishes in a short time.
Bon appetit!
Without water
Even without adding liquid, you can make delicious homemade noodles. This recipe produces a universal product that can be added to soup or cooked as a full-fledged side dish.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- chicken eggs (large) – 6 pcs.;
- flour (sifted, premium) – 570-600 g;
- salt – 1 tsp. (no slide).
In addition to the amount of flour indicated in the recipe, an additional portion is also taken, which is necessary for rolling out the dough.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- The first thing you need to do is mark the amount of flour recommended for the dough and place it in a deep container.
- Next, you can salt the dry component and pour the contents of all the raw eggs into it. It’s great if you can take a homemade product. Then the noodles will end up with an appetizing bright yellow color.
- You will need to knead the mass without water with your hands until there is an elastic ball in the container. The structure of the dough should be even denser than dumplings.
- All that remains is to wrap the mass in a bag/cling film and leave it cool for approximately 50-55 minutes.
- Next, sprinkle the finished dough with flour and roll it out very thin. It is advisable to use a special sheeting machine in the process.
Then the workpiece will need to be rolled up and cut with a knife into pieces of the desired width.
How to serve a dish
The resulting noodles should be poured with boiling water and left to cook for 3-4 minutes. Then you can serve it to the table as a main course, adding your favorite sauce and meat gravy.
With butter
Homemade egg noodles, the recipe for which can be found below, are mixed with the addition of vegetable oil. It is best to take high-quality olive oil for her.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- egg (large size) – 1 pc.;
- flour – 110-130 g;
- olive oil – 2-2.5 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- It is best to start preparing the dough for this recipe immediately on a horizontal work surface, and not in a bowl. First you need to combine flour and butter, mixing these components thoroughly.
- Then add the contents of the raw egg, collecting all the products into a homogeneous lump.
- On a table sprinkled with flour, the dough needs to be kneaded very actively. You need to make an effort so that it becomes elastic as soon as possible and stops sticking to your fingers.
- At the next stage, you will need to roll out the mass into a thin layer (with a width of no more than 1.5-2 mm) and roll it into a roll. In this case, you do not need to roll the workpiece too tightly.
All that remains is to cut the roll into pieces approximately 1 cm thick, after which, unfold each of them with your hands and sprinkle with flour so that the noodles do not stick together.
How to serve a dish
The finished product can be dried and stored or added to a variety of dishes, such as soup. If you decide to cook the noodles as an independent side dish, then to do this you should place them in boiling salted water, cook for 1-1.5 minutes, then transfer to a colander, pour over melted butter and serve.
Salad with Rollton noodles and crab sticks
If you want to make a salad, but you only have eggs, crab sticks and Rollton noodles on hand, then you can safely start cooking. After all, these are the ingredients needed for this dish.
What you will need:
- Rollton noodles with shrimp flavor – 1 package,
- crab sticks – 6 – 8 pieces,
- three eggs,
- one cucumber,
- classic mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons,
- sour cream - optional.
If desired, Rollton noodles can be taken in absolutely any flavor. Checked - any option is suitable.
How to cook
Break the instant noodles into small pieces. Place in a deep plate. Add a couple of spoons of mayonnaise or sour cream. Leave for 20 minutes.
Boil the eggs until done. Cool, peel and chop finely.
Chop the crab sticks finely too. It is advisable that the cuts match in size.
Now the cucumber. It needs to be washed, you can peel it or not, as you like, and also cut it into small squares.
Mix all ingredients, including soaked noodles, in a salad bowl, adding salt if necessary. As a decoration, you can add canned corn and some greens.
Serve either immediately after preparation, or after 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
With semolina
Semolina adds density to the noodles and prevents them from boiling over.
Therefore, such cereals can completely replace flour in a recipe.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- semolina – 270-300 g;
- water (boiled, warm) – 120 ml;
- any vegetable oil – 5-6 g;
- fine salt – 4-5 g.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- All the semolina stated in the recipe should be scattered on a flat surface, and a small notch should be made in the center.
- Pour vegetable oil into the resulting depression and add salt. Be sure to take the latter small, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to dissolve it in the dough.
- At the next stage, water should be poured into the mixture. After this, knead the dough with your hands. You will need to work with it until the mass stops crumbling and becomes homogeneous.
- The dough should be left to rest under cling film for about half an hour right on the table.
- All that remains is to roll out the mass as thinly as possible, roll the layer into a roll, cut into slices and unfold them into noodles.
The resulting product should be laid out on the table to dry for 40-50 minutes.
How to serve a dish
To immediately cook the noodles, you need to place them in boiling salted water for 2.5-3 minutes. Then pour cream sauce and serve with fried mushrooms.
Homemade noodle dough for manual and electric noodle cutters
If you want to make real Italian pasta, then you can’t do without durum flour. It gives that special taste that distinguishes this dish. For noodle cutting, the dough must be very tight, so it is kneaded either by hand or in a special dough mixing machine.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 250 g;
- Durum flour – 250 g;
- Eggs – 5 pcs.
Preparation:
- Knead into a tight dough. When cutting with a knife, it should not stick or stretch.
- After kneading, the dough should stand for half an hour. During this time it will acquire elasticity.
- Roll small pieces through a dough sheeter. The mode depends on the model, you need to start with the largest one. After the first rolling, the sheet of dough is folded to hide the torn edges. Gradually reduce the gap between the rollers.
- After rolling and cutting, hang the strips on a special drying rack or lay them out on the table.
The ideal dough for making homemade noodles, designed for noodle cutters, does not collapse when pressed. It is homogeneous and should not contain any inclusions or lumps.
We invite you to watch a video recipe that uses a noodle cutter.
With meat
Homemade egg noodles, the recipe for which will be useful to housewives, turns out delicious when cooked with meat.
The recipe follows.
Composition of ingredients
For the dish you need to take:
- egg – 1 pc.;
- water - 1 tbsp. l.;
- fine salt – 1 pinch;
- flour – 8-8.5 tbsp. l.;
- boiled beef – 130-150 g;
- greens – 1 bunch;
- butter - 30 g;
- Sunflower oil – ½ tsp.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
- Mix the flour with the egg until smooth. Then add water, salt, vegetable oil.
- After combining, you should get a homogeneous, smooth dough. It must be rolled out thinly, rolled up and cut thinly. Then dry the resulting noodles.
- The finished product will need to be poured with salt water and cooked for 4-5 minutes. after boiling.
- The meat must be cut into medium pieces, and the butter must be melted.
The greens should be finely chopped.
How to serve a dish
When serving a treat, you first need to put the prepared noodles on a plate and pour melted butter over them. And on top - distribute the pieces
There are several secrets that will help make homemade noodles tastier and preserve them correctly:
- after mixing all the components, the mass should stand for about 40-45 minutes;
- Only after resting can the dough be rolled out thinly - and it is most convenient to do this with a special device for noodles;
- To make the product easier to cut, you first need to dry it well and then roll it into a tube;
- It is important not to overdry the resulting noodles, otherwise when cutting they will begin to crumble and crumble;
- Beetroot, spinach or carrot juice is good for coloring the product (it replaces water if it is present in the recipe);
- For noodles, premium flour is best suited (with it, the finished product will keep its shape perfectly);
- Before long-term storage, homemade egg noodles, recipes for which for every taste are published above in the article, need to be dried and then placed in glass or cardboard containers.
Pizza with instant noodles Rollton for students and more
It’s amazing what those who really want to eat tasty and cheap can’t come up with. Here, for example, is a pizza made from Rollton noodles and other available ingredients that are almost always in the refrigerator.
What you will need:
- 3 packs of instant Rollton noodles,
- 3 eggs,
- ketchup - to your taste,
- mayonnaise - to your taste,
- tomato – 2 pieces,
- sausage – 100 grams,
- cheese – 50 grams.
Of course, calling this dish pizza would be a stretch, but if you have no choice, it will perfectly brighten up even the gloomiest evening.
How to cook
Remove the noodles from the pack, do not break them, pour boiling water over them, cover with a lid and wait 10 minutes. Drain the water.
Transfer the instant noodles to another bowl, add the eggs, and mix gently.
Place the finished mixture in a small frying pan, which must be greased with oil.
Place the frying pan on low heat. When the eggs are slightly fried and the “dough” is not too liquid, spread a mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise in a circle.
Cut the sausage and tomatoes into slices and place everything on top.
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the surface of the future pizza.
Cover with a lid and bake in a pan until fully cooked. Serve hot.