Instant noodles and method for manufacturing instant noodles

A method for manufacturing instant noodles, comprising the steps of:

• forming dough into a strip;
• moving said strip longitudinally in a direction of travel;
• forming a plurality of indented portions throughout a widthwise direction of said strip at intervals along a longitudinal or length direction of said strip;
• linearly cutting said strip having said plurality of indented portions, said strip being cut lengthwise in the direction of travel thereof, into raw noodles;
• dividing said cut raw noodles into a plurality of rows in said direction of travel and waving said cut and divided raw noodles so that said raw noodles vertically overlap each other;
• steaming the waved raw noodles;
• and
• cutting the steamed raw noodle groups to a desired length such that each noodle of the noodle groups has a plurality of indented portions therein, and whereby said noodles are separable at said indented portions into respective shorter noodles upon subsequent cooking thereof.