Soba noodles are a kind of China Lehe. The raw materials are buckwheat flour and water. Mix buckwheat flour with water, knead into dough, flatten and cut into fine noodles, and cook in a pot. Buckwheat noodles are nutritious, convenient and fast to eat, and are a popular food.
Buckwheat, also known as Wu Mai and Jingchangcao, is a native of Northeast Asia in panicum miliaceum and was introduced to China in the Tang Dynasty. There are twenty-seven buckwheat varieties, of which twenty-five are wild and two are cultivated, which are widely distributed in China.