{"id":279711,"date":"2012-09-09T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/okonomiyaki"},"modified":"2012-09-09T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T15:53:00","slug":"okonomiyaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingapp15670.cloudwayssites.com\/en\/okonomiyaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Okonomiyaki"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Osaka culinary trip (report HERE<\/a>) was a good pretext to make you discover or rediscover this excellent recipe from the Kansai region: Okonomiyaki. What is it about? “Okonomi” means ‘what you want’ and “yaki” means ‘to grill’ (as in yakitori, teriyaki, tepanyaki…). So you put in what you want and cook! There are of course great lines and many ways to cook it. I present here a very common way and a perfect recipe that will give you the same taste as in Japan! I perfected my proportions right after my trip to Osaka, so I had a good taste memory of all the elements. You can change at will and add your personal touches. As far as the essential okonomi sauce is concerned, I tried to clone it for you with easy to find ingredients. I adjusted everything, making sure to weigh everything before and after with a real okonomi sauce on the side, until I didn’t really feel any difference. <\/div>\n

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\nFor this recipe, the only difficulty is to get all the right ingredients. I give you here a basic recipe with real Japanese cabbage and mountain yam (yama-imo). For the sauce, no more worries because I give you a recipe (of course there is mirin and vinegar of rice, but they are almost everywhere nowadays). For the cabbage, the best is the real cabbage, but you can take a white cabbage that you will have to cook for a few minutes to soften it, because the Japanese cabbage has a very surprising consistency, a little bit like if you cut polystyrene. I got all these tips from a Japanese friend who often cooks this delicious dish. For the mountain yam, there are several solutions: either you go to a Japanese grocery store (which will be more convenient to find the other ingredients), or you replace it by classic yam with a small teaspoon of sugar. Or,   easier, you always go to your Japanese grocery store or on the internet (you can find everything and they deliver everywhere, no excuses!!) and you buy the ready-made okonomiyaki flour (you just have to follow the instructions on the package and forget my recipe for the dough). For the tenkasu (tempura chips), this is optional. It will be even better with it, but it’s up to you!<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nRecipe for two okonomyaki (2-3 or 4 people depending on your appetite!)<\/div>\n


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\n-45g of honey<\/span><\/b>
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\n-20g of mirin<\/span><\/b>
\n-10g of rice vinegar<\/span><\/b>
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\n-1\/2 teaspoon ginger powder<\/span><\/b>
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\nLet boil while stirring for 2 minutes. Add the tablespoon of oil off the heat. The sauce is ready! Leave   completely cool and put in a small bottle.<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nThis is the Japanese mountain yam.<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nHere is the Japanese cabbage. With a normal white cabbage, you will have to cut it in slices and then blanch it (cook it quickly) 2-3 minutes in boiling water.<\/i><\/div>\n
\nOn the picture there is half a cabbage whereas I put in the recipe a third. I didn’t put everything on the picture but a third of it (so two thirds of the half cabbage, we still follow??). But you can put a little more or a little less… After all it’s okonomi!<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nWhen the dough starts to cook on the sides, turn the okonomiyaki over. It takes 8 to 10 minutes over moderate heat.<\/i><\/div>\n
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