Ukyou's Third Okonomiyaki Recipe
This recipe was originally posted on soc.culture.japan by Kenton Green, and was forwarded to me by Jason Yew.
From Kenton Green:
Here is what I have collected: (thanks to Murata Miyako, Ken
Nishino, Shimpei Yamashita and others).
Recipe for 2 people:
Remember that Okonomi-yaki means something akin to "cooking the way
you like to," so an okonomi-yaki is a pancake filled with whatever you
choose. Provided you have eggs and flour, the dish can be completed
with almost any other ingredient you have on hand.
- Break 2 eggs and mix in bowl with 2/3 cup of dashi (or soup stock) or water. Sprinkle in 1 cup of weak flour and beat until lumps disappear.
- Cut 1/6 of a head of cabbage into ~1cm-square pieces and mix with 60g of thinly sliced pork. Add a 1/2 of an onion, diced. Tsukuri-ika (sliced squid) or sakura-ebi (dried shrimp) may be used instead of pork. Other ingredients like beni-shouga (red pickled ginger) or vegetables may also be added.
- Add the contents of [2] to [1], stir, and then pour mixture on hot plate. Some people at this point also add a small packet of yaki-soba (fried buckwheat noodles) and a raw egg in the center. This concoction will form a pile on your hot plate. Don't be alarmed; it is meant to taste wonderful, not look elegant.
- When underside is brown, flip pancake and cook until done.
- Divide into slices and season with Worcestershire sauce, nori (dried seaweed) flakes, katsuo-bushi (bonito flakes), Kewpie (?) mayonnaise (american is not as good) or your favorite spices.
Good luck!
Kenton
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