Tsuyu - Mentsuyu - Mendare - Japanese Noodle Sauce

• 200 ml soy sauce
• 400 ml water
• 150 ml mirin
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 25 g bonito flakes (katsuobushi)
• kombu seaweed (about 2 inches or 1.5cm by 6 inches or 15cm thereabouts)

1. In a medium sized pot heat water, soy sauce, and sugar until it boils. Turn down the heat to medium low and remove any scum from the surface.
2. Add bonito flakes and kombu seaweed and again heat until boiling. As soon as it boils turn off the heat.
3. Add mirin and refrigerate overnight for the taste to meld together.
4. Using cheesecloth or other fine strainer, strain several times to remove all debris from tsuyu/broth. You can use bonito flakes and kombu seaweed as in description above.
5. Keep in glass bottle or plastic bottle, capped, and refrigerate. Keeps at least 1 year.

soy sauce, water, mirin, sugar, bonito flakes, thereabouts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tsuyu-mentsuyu-mendare-japanese-noodle-sauce-342216 (may not work)