Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き)= Japanese pancake
Okonomi = as you like it
Yaki=grilled
Okonomiyaki is a simple dish to cook.
There are 2 types of Okonomiyaki, one is ‘Kansai style’,
and the other ‘Hiroshima style’.
Kansai style is more common way of cooking,
it’s mixing all the desired ingredients into the batter,
pouring it onto a grill and cooking it like a pancake.
Hiroshima style has yakisoba-noodles, layering all the
ingredients as well as adding a layer of noodles and
a fried egg on top of it.
Both quite easy to prepare and cook, so why don’t you try
at home?
INGREDIENTS:
(for 4 people, Kansai style)
Okonomiyaki flour or normal white flour: 200g
egg: 2
water: 200cc
thin sliced pork: 150g
cabbage: 1/4 small size cabbage
onion: 1/2
Extra ingredients:
beni-shoga (pickled ginger), shrimp,
squid, cheese, corn….as you like it!
How to make okonomiyaki
1. mix well okonomiyaki flour (normal white flour), water and eggs.
2. add chopped onion, cabbage, and extra ingredients you prepared
into a bowl of mixed flour 1.
3. heat up a pan or hot plate, put some cooking oil, then
grill all of ‘2′ in a bowl and make a circle shape.
4. after 3-4 minutes, put sliced pork on top of it and flip over.
5. wait few minutes until the ingredients are cooked.
Topping:
okonomiyaki sauce (Otafuku brand is popular)
mayonnaise
katsuo-bushi (dried bonito flake)
aonori powder (dried green laver powder)
Someone cooks okonomiyaki and records their process. Click here to watch “how to cook okonomiyaki”.
