How To Make Okonomiyaki
  1. For teriyaki sauce, place 125ml mirin, 125ml soy sauce, 2 tbsp cooking sake, 50gm caster sugar, 2 crushed garlic cloves, and 20gm finely grated ginger in a saucepan over high heat and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium, simmer, and reduce until syrupy (12-15 minutes); cool to room temperature, then strain.

  2. Meanwhile, for batter, mix 150gm tempura flour with 220ml water in a large bowl and set aside to rest in fridge (30 minutes).

  3. For cabbage filling, cut 280gm white cabbage into 1cm pieces. Heat a frying pan with 2½ tbsp grapeseed oil over medium-high heat. Cook cabbage with 2 crushed garlic cloves and ½ tsp shichimi togarashi, tossing occasionally, until softened (3-4 minutes). Set aside to cool.

  4. Add cooled cabbage mixture with 3 small spring onions cut into 3cm batons to batter; mix to combine.

  5. Heat a 20cm cast-iron or heavy-based frying pan over high heat and add 2½ tbsp grapeseed oil. Add half batter and using a large metal spoon spread batter evenly over base of pan. Reduce heat to medium and cook until light golden and set on base (3 minutes).

  6. Flip over and cook until light golden and cooked through (3 minutes). Increase heat to high and cook each side for a further 1 minute, adding extra oil if needed, until golden and crisp. Repeat with remaining batter.

  7. Transfer pancakes to serving plates and brush with teriyaki sauce. Drizzle each with mayonnaise, and serve scattered with thinly sliced spring onion, pickled ginger, aonori and katsuobushi and season with togarashi.

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🥞Pancake

Cuisine🇯🇵Japanese

Occasions🍽️Casual Dining📆Everyday

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 30m

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