Saturday morning noodles for the lazy cooks

Saturdays are little slow as 5 days of working drains our energy and we need something simple and quick to eat on Saturday morning. 

Presenting here our recipe/method for the humble instant noodles. I have used Top Ramen here but this recipe can be used for Maggi, Yippee or any other instant noodles that comes with it's own tastemaker masala. Please note that cooking time for Yippee noodles is lesser than other brands that we have cooked till now.

This version almost always gets us non-sticky noodles to a certain extent. Of course over cooking can also do that to any noodles.

Ingredients:

• Instant noodles with tastemaker - 2 packets (any brand)
• Water - 1.5 cup/packet for boiling the noodles and another 1/4 cup/packet for adding at the end

Recipe:

• Boil the water in a vessel or saucepan. Thick bottomed vessel is better.
• Add the the noodles to boiling water. Mix well and stir the noodles in water. 
• At the same time heat/boil the remaining water separately in a vessel. Mostly I'll microwave the water in a porcelain cup for 30-40 seconds for 2 packets.
• Once the noodles have softened, drain off the water from noodles as much as you can (without pouring the noodles into the sink.  😏It happens).
• Then add the separately boiled water to the drained noodles, mix and put back on heat. 
• Add the tastemaker sachet contents and mix well. Cook for a minute or more, depending on the quantity of the noodles
• Turn off the heat and keep covered for 2-3 minutes. 
• Uncover the vessel, mix again and serve.

Do try this and let us know if your noodles turned out better or worse than your usual method. 

I missed writing about garnishing. Well, lazy breakfast and garnishing don't go well. That we do when we are preparing pan-fried noodles. When we have time and energy to cook.