Okonomi-yaki, Osaka Style-Japanese Crepes
4 Servings
Note: For this recipe, I have combined a recipe furnished by Tamie with one in Home
Batter:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Salt
- 1 egg
- 2 cups (240 ml) dashi (bonito fish stock, you can find instant dashi powder in Asian stores)
- ½ green cabbage cut into small pieces
- 3 bacon strips, chopped
- Vegetable oil for frying
Toppings:
- Okonomi-yaki sauce, available in Asian grocery stores. Substitute Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce.
- Powdered seaweed (ao-nori)
- Shaved bonito, crushed
Optional toppings: Japanese mayonnaise, mustard, pickled ginger, and/or catsup. Mix flour, baking powder, egg, salt, and dashi. Let sit about 30 minutes. Add cabbage and bacon. There should be equal proportions of batter to cabbage.
Put a thin layer of oil in pan and let it heat. Ladle batter into pan until layer is ½ inch thick. When first side is cooked, turn over and cook other side. Cover with okonomi-yaki sauce, seaweed and bonito. Add optional toppings as desired.