How to Make Speedy Okonomiyaki (Light and Fluffy)

Okonomiyaki (Light and Fluffy). How To Make Traditional Okonomiyaki Easily At Home. History of the famous Hiroshima dish okonomiyaki Okonomiyaki started out in the pre-war period as a dish called issen yoshoku ("Western food for a dime") which was popular among the common people. Consisting of flour paste cooked with onions, dried shrimps, and condiment.

This time I made it with bacon, however thinly sliced pork is the original version. Scroll down past recipe to see more variations. Okonomiyaki are Japanese savoury pancakes packed with flavour and SO easy to make! You can have Okonomiyaki (Light and Fluffy) using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Okonomiyaki (Light and Fluffy)

1. It's of Okonomiyaki Batter:.
2. It's 100 grams of Flour.
3. Prepare 4 grams of Baking powder.
4. It's 140 ml of Dashi stock (bonito based).
5. It's 4 cm of Nagaimo.
6. You need of Added ingredients:.
7. Prepare 100 grams of Pork (belly meat or cut-offs).
8. Prepare 3 of Eggs.
9. It's 1/2 head of Cabbage.
10. Prepare 4 of stalks Green onions.
11. You need 1 of Tempura crumbs.

Okonomiyaki literally means 'grilled as you like it', and is made from seasoned flour, cabbage, and various fresh meats and vegetables mixed together and cooked in a frying pan just like a pancake. Do not press down with a spatula or the pancake will not be light and fluffy. Okonomiyaki is a cabbage pancake covered with Okonomiyaki sauce. Okonomiyaki sauce is a Worcester-based sauce with some sweetener, and it is the crucial flavor of this dish.

Okonomiyaki (Light and Fluffy) instructions

1. [For the batter] Grate the nagaimo yams, add in flour and baking powder, pour in the dashi soup stock broth, and mix together thoroughly..
2. Mixing the ingredients for each pancake: In a bowl, mix the finely chopped cabbage with the batter from Step 1, the tempura crumbs and egg..
3. Cooking the pancakes: Fry the thoroughly mixed batter in a pan. Lay pork on top, and flip over once it has browned..
4. To finish: Flip over again once the meat has cooked. Top with the sauce and mayonnaise, add bonito flakes and aonori, and you are done!.

We like Otafuku brand, but anything you can find is fine. Okonomiyaki - Japanese Cabbage Pancakes: super easy and flavorful, savory Japanese style pancakes using cabbage, eggs, bacon, and flour. This Okonomiyaki version is made without 'dashi powder'/seafood stock. You can also find the recipe for Okonomiyaki sauce for topping the pancakes. Okonomiyaki reminds me of my childhood so I had to give this one a shot this past weekend.