Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, takoyaki. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼) or "octopus balls" is a ball-shaped Japanese snack or appetizer made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (tako), tempura scraps (), pickled ginger (beni shoga), and green onion (negi). The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce (similar to Worcestershire sauce) and mayonnaise, and.
Takoyaki is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Takoyaki is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have takoyaki using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Takoyaki:
- Take 200 grams Cake Flour
- Take 600 ml Water
- Make ready 1 tbsp Japanese Soup stock (or 2 cubes of Ilan Bills stock cube)
- Make ready 3 pieces Egg
- Take 100 g Cabbage
- Take 1/4 pck Spring Onion
- Make ready 20 g Red Pickeled Ginger
- Prepare As needed Prawn cracker (or Tempura flake)
- Get As needed Boiled Octopus
- Get As needed Cheese in Sausage
- Get As needed Takoyaki Sauce
- Take As needed Mayonnaise
- Take As needed Aonori(Seaweed Powder)
- Prepare As needed Bonito flakes
Tako-yaki literally translates to "octopus-grilled/fried" and some people may call it "Octopus Balls" or "Octopus Dumplings". Takoyaki is an all-time favorite Japanese snack; chunks of octopus encased in balls of batter, cooked until golden brown, and slathered in Worcestershire sauce and mayonnaise. These crispy golden takoyaki balls of deliciousness taste amazing when prepared with traditional ingredients and toppings. But they're also super easy to tweak to your preferences.
Steps to make Takoyaki:
- Put cake flour, water, Japanese Soup stock, egg in a big bowl. Mix it well that it becomes smooth.
- Chop the cabbage, spring Onion and pickled ginger.
- Breaking up Prawn crackers finely.
- Cut cheese in sausage to 1/5 size. Cut the boiled octopus to same side as sausages.
- Heat the Takoyaki pan and add oil to each cup.
- Pour the batter into the cups until they are full. Put the octopus(or sausage), cabbage, spring Onion, Red pickled ginger(If you like) and prawn crackers (tenpura flakes) in each cup.
- Turn the Takoyaki balls over with a bamboo stick in each cup.
- Keep turning them over until they become round and golden brown all over.
- Serve on a dishwith Takoyaki Sauce, Mayonnaise, Aonori and Bonito flakes.
- If you do not have Takoyaki Pan, try to use normal frying Pan. Pour the batter into the heated pan. Put the octopus(or sausage), cabbage, spring Onion, Red pickled ginger(If you like) and prawn crackers (tenpura flakes). Bake it like omelette. After that, cut it bite-size.
- Pickled ginger $2.65/pck at FairPrice (S$3.0/pck at RedMart)
If you don't like octopus, you can substitute with your favourite proteins, or experiment with sweet ingredients for something completely different! Takoyaki oil brush - This special brush perfectly fits the holes of the takoyaki pan in order to grease and distribute the oil evenly in each hole. They are shaped like little round balls. This savory snack is a popular street food and is widely available at street vendors, supermarkets, and food courts in Japan. Find the best Takoyaki near you on Yelp - see all Takoyaki open now and reserve an open table.
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