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Okonomiyaki

It’s actually been a year since I made this but I thought I would post the recipe.  I went to Japan a little over 2 years ago after I graduated from my MBA program.  Three of my MBA classmates who are Japanese were kind enough to show me around the country.  When I was in Kobe, my classmate took me to his cousin’s house and she cooked an amazing homecooked Japanese meal for me called Okonomiyaki.  Okonomiyaki means “whatever you like” – so literally you can put whatever you like into the meal.  It’s like a Japanese pizza where you choose the toppings.  I watched my classmate’s cousin make this and promised her I would make it when I got to the states.  Last year I had a holiday dinner party for my friends in DC and I finally made the dish.  It was just de-lish.  Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup fish soup stock (dashi, and if dashi isn’t available use veggie, shrimp, or chicken broth – or water)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 of a small cabbage
  • Toppings: I made a veggie one and a meat one for my friends: For the veggies, I used scallions, bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms; For the meat I used the same veggies and added sausage
  • Okonomiyaki sauce (you can buy this at the local Japanese market)
  • Fish Flakes (Optional)
  • Seaweed seasoning

    • Directions:

  • Chop the cabbage into tiny bits. Beat an egg in a bowl and add dashi soup, stock or water to it. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add flour to the bowl and mix well.
  • Combine chopped cabbage with the flour mixture.
  • Fry veggies and sausage in skillet or a frying pan until cooked.  Add this to flour mixture.
  • Turn the heat to medium heat. Pour about 1/3 of the flour mixture, or 8″ circle, over the toppings in the pan. 
  • Cook for about 10 min on both sides for 6-8 min or till edges are golden.
  • Place cooked okonomiyaki on plate.
  • Garnish pancake with okonomiyaki sauce, seaweed seasoning, and fish flakes and serve hot!

    • The Okonomiyaki sauce is what really makes the dish.  Here are some pictures from my holiday dinner party last year.

    Holiday Dinner Party 2008

    toasting to saki!!!

    Add comment December 17, 2009

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