What is Okonomiyaki?
Okonomiyaki is a large grilled Japanese pancake with various fillings, watering and spices. Filling may include a combination of chopped vegetables, meat or seafood. Pickled red ginger and dried Bonito flakes are popular dressing. The most common spices are mayonnaise and spicy, brown sauce Obounomiyaki.
The word "Okonomiyaki" means "grilled as you like". In the Okonomiyaki restaurant, it sometimes offers a list of special combinations. Or it can offer a list of ingredients from which dinners can create their own combinations.
This food is popular throughout Japan - but is considered a regional specialty in Osaka. The shopping street in the city center, called Dotonbori, is lined with Okonomiyaki restaurants, where Grill Cooks prepares these tasty pancakes one by one throughout the day and until late evening. In some restaurants, the grids are installed in the center of each dining table for the preparation of the Stolly.
Okonomiyaki dough is basicRecipe for wheat flour, eggs and water. Instead of water, it can be mixed with dashi, broth made of sea and dried fish flakes. The dough can be flavored with soy sauce and Mirin.
Traditional pancake Okonomiyaki begins with a large hill of fine shredded white cabbage. The dough can be mixed with cabbage or can be loaded on the grill and spilled with shredded cabbage. Then add various meat, seafood and vegetable fillings. The pancake is brownish on one side, sometimes under the vaulted lid, and then flips on the other side to brown.
meat filling may include pork, beef or chicken. Shrimp, shells and octopus are a popular choice of seafood. Vegetables may include sliced mushrooms, crushed carrots or sliced green peppers. Chopped leeks and ground garlic can also be added for salty FLA.
two of the most popular watering for Okonomiyaki are Beni Shoga andKatsuo. Beni Shoga is a bright red, pickled ginger chopped into fine strips. Katsuo is biscuit, smoked bonito fish shaved paper. Okonomiyaki can also be complemented by Yakisoba noodles.
Popular spice for Okonomiyaki includes a brand spiced Japanese mayonnaise called Kewpie and a rich brown sauce that resembles an American steak sauce. When the pancake on both sides was brownish, both spices are defeated in a spiral above the top of the pancake. Like pizza, Okonomiyaki is then cut into wedges - in fact Okonomiyaki is sometimes called a Japanese pizza.