sato@stupid02.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Kaoru Sato) (02/05/91)
This is a recipe for Japanese spicy pancakes (Okonomi-yaki). There
is a lot of variety of the pancakes because "okonomi" means "using
your favorite ingredients" in Japanese.. I introduce here a common
one.
Kaoru Sato
(sato@stupid01.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
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OKONOMI-YAKI (Japanese Spicy Pancake)
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Ingredients
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<Serves four>
flour ........................................... 2 cups
dried bonito soup (without salt) ................ 2 cups
baking powder ................................... a pinch
salt ............................................ a pinch
mountain yam .................................... 5 g (if available)
chopped cabbage ................................. 4 handfuls
egg ............................................. 4
small pieces of deep-fried batter ("agedama").... 1 tbs
red pickled ginger root ("beni-shohga") ......... 1 tbs
sweet Worcestershire sauce ("Tonkatsu sause + Ustah sauce")
dried bonito flakes ("katuobushi flakes")
green seaweed flakes ("ao-nori")
mayonnaise
mustard
Method
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1. Mix salt and baking powder with flour, and sift it into a big bowl.
2. Pour a little soup at a time, mixing.
3. When fully mixed, cover the bowl and set it aside for 1--3 hrs.
4. Grind yam and fold into the batter.
5. Add chopped cabbage, small pieces of deep-fried batter,
red pickled ginger root, eggs, and other ingredients at your
own risk.
6. Divide the mixture into 4 and spread it into 20 cm diameter
on a heated thick iron plate.
7. Cook it until the edge becomes dry.
8. When small holes appear on the surface and the bottom
browns, turn it over.
9. After the inside is almost baked, press it evenly.
10. When the inside is baked enough, turn it over again.
11. Spread sweet Worcestershire sauce on it,
and sprinkle green seaweed flakes and dried bonito flakes over it.
12. Serve with favorite spices such as mayonnaise or mustard.