Okonomiyaki (Savory Pancake) - East Asian Recipe

Okonomiyaki (Savory Pancake)

🌍 East Asian, Japan (Osaka/Hiroshima) Difficulty: ●●●○○

Okonomiyaki (literally "cook what you like") developed during WWII food rationing as a flexible, filling meal.

Ingredients

• 200g all-purpose flour
• 250ml dashi or water
• 2 eggs
• 300g shredded cabbage
• 100g diced pork belly
• 2 tbsp pickled ginger
• tenkasu. Toppings: okonomiyaki sauce
• kewpie mayo
• katsuobushi
• aonori

Method

1. Mixing — Mix batter: flour, dashi, eggs. Rest 15 min.
2. Stirring — Stir in cabbage, ginger, tenkasu.
3. Step 3 — Pan-fry one large pancake on medium heat 5 min. Lay pork belly on top.
4. Flipping — Flip carefully, press flat, cook 5 more min until cooked through.
5. Topping — Top with sauce, mayo, bonito, aonori.

Tags: all-purpose flour, dashi or water, eggs, shredded cabbage, diced pork belly · Source: Brittani's Almanac