Years ago I was introduced to okonomiyaki at the Eatery in Kits. 听Some say it's a Japanese Pizza, but there is already a Japanese pizza out there...and it has mayo and corn on it. 听To me, Oknomiyaki is more like a savoury pancake, but it does have all sorts of toppings like a pizza or an omlette. 听While 麻豆传媒映画has tons of Japanese restaurants, we know they primarily serve sushi. 听There are a handful of places that make Okonomiyaki (comment on your favourites!) but after a couple days of my all pancake diet, I thought I'd share with you how to make one. 听They are great if you have left overs or even make your own okonomiyaki party! 听To me they are a perfect 麻豆传媒映画dish because you can put pretty much anything into them, whoah..it's like 'fusion!'.....no....it isn't....
Ingredients:
Batter: 1 cup flour, 3 eggs beaten (vegan alternative=grated yamaimo), 1 cup water you can add dashi if you want (fishbroth)
Stuff to put inside: cabbage is the only one you really need, after that, veggies: green onion, onion, peppers, mushrooms, meat: pork (i used bbq pork in this case), chicken seafood: shrimp, octopus, crab.... others: mochi, cheese!
Toppings: picked ginger (my favourite!), seaweed, okonomiyaki sauce (or tonkatsu sauce, or you can mix ketchup w. soy sauce), most important japanese mayo. 听
1. heat up the grill less to than medium heat (4ish). 听Use whatever you'd use for pancakes, I use a teflon pan. 听
2. Mix together your batter, shouldn't be too lumpy. 听
3. 听Put one scoop of batter into small bowl, mix in your veggies and/or meat, the put on the grill. 听Some people cook the veggies separate, I like to mix it up. 听It'll take awhile to cook because the grill isn't that hot but it should cook it most of the way through. 听Eventually like a pancake you flip it and cook the other side. 听Don't be like ADD me who gets all wound up and flips it before it's done...it'll just get all over the place and you'll be really embarrassed when someone hears you whimper...'I can't even make a f**king PANCAKE!'
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4. I like doing mine w. noodles too, in this case I cooked 'em on the side w. okonomiyaki or yakisoba sauce, some people even pour the batter right on the noodles so they are cooked right in.听
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5. Once it's done cooking put your toppings on. 听The most important part of this is spraying around the mayo into some sort of pattern and then sprinkling it w. seaweed. 听
The great thing about this dish is that you can really mess with it. 听I know...all you want to do is put soy sauce on your rice right? 听No go...but to put italian sausage in your okonomiyaki...hmmm....go nuts....
