Japanese Prawn And Noodle Salad recipe

150 g japanese noodles or Chinese
-noodles; cook according to
1 ; pack instructions,
1 ; rinse with cold
1 ; water and drain
2 tb arame; (optional)
4 tb rice vinegar
2 tb soy sauce
2 tb sunflower oil
2 cloves garlic; crushed
125 g fine beans; cut in half
1 ; lengthways (4oz)
1 red pepper; deseeded and cut
1 ; into thin strips
50 g fresh root ginger; grated
-(2oz)
25 g sesame seeds; toasted (1oz)
400 g prawns; defrosted

Place the cooked drained noodles in a salad dish and chill.

Put the arame in a small dish and pour over 2 tablespoons of boiling
water, the rice vinegar and soy sauce. Leave for 10 minutes.

Heat the sunflower oil in a wok and add the crushed garlic,stir fry for
1-2minutes and add the beans and red pepper. Stir-fry for 4-5 minutes and
allow to cool slightly.

Combine the vegetables with the noodles and stir in the arame (if arame is
not used add the rice vinegar and soy sauce directly to noodles).

Take the grated ginger and holding in one hand squeeze the juice over the
salad and discard the pulp. Stir the prawns into the noodles and combine
well.

Chill for 30 minutes before serving.