Okonomiyaki

The Easy Version ;)

Posted by jiaying j.

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Okonomiyaki is a type of japanese pancake/pizza. I am not a japanese nor living in japan so I cant find okonomiyaki here :( But I came out with something to substitute it! Read on to find out! :D

It's rather easy to do and I have many pictures so it's kinda long ><

Have fun making!

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You Will Need (9 things)

  • Japan type of Mayonnaise
  • Okonomiyaki Sauce or you can substitute with 5 tsp of Oyster sauce, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 tsp of dark soya sauce, 2 tsp of water
  • 100g Bacon or 1 Hotdog
  • 1 Egg(s)
  • Long Green Onion
  • 200g Cabbage
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 150 ml Water
  • 100 g Plain Flour

Steps (16 steps, 20 minutes)

  1. 1

    Add salt to the bowl of flour.

  2. 2

    Add water to flour-salt mixture.

  3. 3

    Stir till it becomes a smooth batter. Once it is smooth, stop stirring immediately.

  4. 4

    Slice your hotdog/bacon, carrot and green onion. Chop your cabbage till small pieces (2cmx2cm)

  5. 5

    Pour your veggies and hotdog/bacon into the batter.

  6. 6

    Crack and egg into the batter

  7. 7

    Mix them up , make sure they are well coated. Don't mix too much as it will make ur okonomiyaki hard and difficult to eat.

  8. 8

    Coat your frying pan with sesame oil/olive oil/vegetable oil. Sesame oil makes my okonomiyaki smells nice ;D

  9. 9

    Pour half of the vege-flour batter into the pan. Using a splatula, spread them out evenly into a round shape

  10. 10

    Cover with a lid and cook for 5 min on small flame

  11. 11

    Yay flip it over and cover, small flame for 5 min. Flip it over again and cool medium flame 2 min

  12. 12

    It's 70% done yay! Place your okonomiyaki on a plate.

  13. 13

    The sauce now! If you have Okonomiyaki Sauce , use it.
    If you dont, use my sauce haha.
    Add 5 tsp of Oyster sauce, 1 tsp of sugar, 1 tsp of dark soya sauce, 2 tsp of water

  14. 14

    Spread the sauce onto the Okonomiyaki , drizzle mayo all over WEEEEE~~

  15. 15

    Using a toothpick, draw lines from top to bottom to create this awesome pattern! AND WE ARE DONE!

  16. 16

    For this pattern, draw spiral shape with mayo and drag ur toothpick from outside to the centre to create this spiderweb-looking look :)