Okonomiyaki – Japanese Meat and Vegetable Omelett
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Okonomiyaki can be found almost everywhere in Japan. We also had them on our trip near Kyōto. One can change the filling to suit your taste or even use leftovers from the fridge. You also need Japanese mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce, which are very easy to make. You don’t have to buy them.
Okonomiyaki can be translated as follows: Okonomi means “taste”, “to your liking”, meaning “what you want”. Yaki means “fried” or “grilled”. The vegetables and often meat or fish are mixed into a batter and then fried on a hot griddle (teppan) at the table. It resembles a pancake, but is often called Japanese pizza, although it bears no resemblance to pizza at all. This is probably because leftovers can also be used in it. Okonomiyaki is a specialty in the Kansai region, especially in Osaka and Hiroshima. In Tokyo, there is a similar dish called monjayaki.
The Kansai version is baked on both sides and turned over on the teppan with spatulas and cut into pieces. The pieces are decorated with nori, katsuobushi/bonito, mayonnaise or ginger. Darker vegetables are usually used in Kyōto.
Okonomiyaki can be translated as follows: Okonomi means “taste”, “to your liking”, meaning “what you want”. Yaki means “fried” or “grilled”. The vegetables and often meat or fish are mixed into a batter and then fried on a hot griddle (teppan) at the table. It resembles a pancake, but is often called Japanese pizza, although it bears no resemblance to pizza at all. This is probably because leftovers can also be used in it. Okonomiyaki is a specialty in the Kansai region, especially in Osaka and Hiroshima. In Tokyo, there is a similar dish called monjayaki.
The Kansai version is baked on both sides and turned over on the teppan with spatulas and cut into pieces. The pieces are decorated with nori, katsuobushi/bonito, mayonnaise or ginger. Darker vegetables are usually used in Kyōto.
Ingredients
For the dough:
160 g Flour
120 ml Water
1 Pinch of Salt
2 Eggs
100 g Pork Belly, cut into thin slices
1 small Eggplant, julienne cut
10 Beans, julienne cut
1 Carrot, julienne cut
20 cm long Celery stalk, julienne cut
1 handful of Bean Sprouts
A handful of Mushrooms, finely chopped
2 tbsp Oil
4 tbsp Mayonnaise
2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Ketchup
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
chopped Nori Leaves
Pickled Ginger
Filling:
Mayonnaise:
Okonomiyaki Sauce:
Dekoration:
Arbeitsschritte
1
Step 1
(julienne is the technical term for a method of cutting vegetables used in cooking, in which the vegetables are cut into matchstick-like square sticks (1.5-3 mm wide, 3-5 cm long))
2
Step 2
Fry the meat well in a little oil, then put to one side and leave to cool.
3
Step 3
In a large bowl, mix the ingredients for the batter. Put to one side. Now cut up all the vegetables and add to the batter. Add the meat and mix well.
4
Step 4
Heat the oil in a shallow pan, then place three pancake-sized mounds of the mixture in the pan, shape into rounds and fry well. Then turn each one with a spatula and fry this side of the cake well browned too.
Notes
Serve on plates and drizzle with both sauces, usually in strips, then sprinkle with pieces of nori and ginger or bonito and serve.
sehr toll! Das steht schon lange auf meiner to cook Liste, lg
Es ist gar nicht schwer!
LG Wilma