Miso Noodle Soup

Ingredients

• dried udon noodles
  4 ounces
• water
  5 cups
• red miso paste or to taste

  whisked with 2 tbs. warm water
  4 tbsp
• shiitake mushrooms

  rinsed and thinly sliced
  2 unit
• daikon

  grated
  1 large
• silken tofu

  drained and cubed
  ½ lb
• bunch watercress

  well rinsed and tough ends trimmed
  ½ unit
• sheet toasted nori

  cut into thin strips
  1 small
• vegetarian Japanese rice seasoning to taste
  1 unit
• shichimi togarashi to taste
  1 pinch