Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, okonomiyaki. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Okonomiyaki is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Okonomiyaki is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Okonomiyaki (literally means 'grilled as you like it') is a savory version of Japanese pancake, made with flour, eggs, shredded cabbage, meat/ protein and topped with a variety of condiments. Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き, o-konomi-yaki) (listen ) is a Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients in a wheat-flour-based batter; it is an example of konamon. What is Okonomiyaki? (お好み焼き) It's a traditional Japanese food that is sometimes called "Japanese Pancake" or "Japanese Pizza".

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook okonomiyaki using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Okonomiyaki:
  1. Make ready About 2/3 cup (100g) of flour
  2. Get 1 (8 g) packet of Hondashi
  3. Make ready 1 medium or large egg
  4. Take 120 ml luke warm water
  5. Make ready 1/4 head (200 g) cabbage
  6. Take 100 g pork (or other desired ingredients)
  7. Take 2 Tbsp Tenkasu tempura (optional)
  8. Take to taste Okonomiyaki sauce
  9. Take to taste Mayonnaise
  10. Prepare to taste Katsuoboshi (thin dried flakes of tuna)
  11. Take Cooking oil for frying
  12. Prepare to taste Aonori (seaweed flakes)

Selected toppings and ingredients are added which can vary greatly (anything from meat and seafood. Okonomiyaki - Japanese savoury pancake containing loads of shredded cabbage topped with egg, meat and bonito flakes. Eat with sweet sauce and mayonnaise! With a history as rich as its flavor, Japan's "pancake/pizza/crepe/omelette" will fill you up and ensure you come back for more.

Steps to make Okonomiyaki:
  1. Mix hondashi into water, then combine with flour and egg in a bowl. Mix until smooth.
  2. Cut cabbage into thin bite sized pieces. Cut pork into easy to eat pieces.* Add the cabbage, pork*, and tempura balls into the mixture from step one and mix so everything is coated in batter.
  3. Add oil to fry pan and pour the mixture in, making a circular shaped patty. Cook on low to medium heat until the bottom is well cooked (dark brown but not burnt), then flip it carefully and continue cooking, reducing the heat.
  4. Cook until cooked through (use a toothpick to test that the batter in the centre is cooked)
  5. Serve on a plate and top with okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, katsuoboshi, and aonori to taste.
  6. Other common fillings are octopus, shrimp, potato + cheese + mochi, or plain. Also commonly added is pickled ginger.

Okonomiyaki is a cabbage pancake covered with Okonomiyaki sauce. Okonomiyaki is found anywhere in Japan, but is big in the Osaka area in western Japan where we are (proudly) from. Serve with okonomiyaki sauce, Japanese mayonnaise or your favourite Asian hot sauce. This Okonomiyaki recipe is a framework for making a delicious traditional Japanese pancake Since Okonomiyaki means "cooked as you like it" in Japanese, I've listed a bunch of suggestions to come. Perfectly tender Okonomiyaki that is loaded with shredded Okonomiyaki.

So that’s going to wrap it up for this special food okonomiyaki recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident you will make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!