Okonomi yaki. Okonomiyaki o-konomi-yaki is a Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi. Okonomiyaki (��D�ݏĂ�) is a popular pan-fried dish that consists of batter and cabbage.

As the name suggests okonomi means your favorite in Japanese. So you can add any of your favorite ingredients in okonomi-yaki. We made ours with shrimp crab meat and shiitaki mushroom. You can cook Okonomi yaki using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Okonomi yaki

You need 200 ml of Fish stock.
It's 80 g. of Chinese yam (grated) *Use potato if you can’t get Chinese yam*.
It's 2 of T.spoons Sushi ginger (chopped).
You need 150 g of Cabbage (chopped).
You need 150 g of Plain flour.
You need 1 of t.spoon baking powder (optional).
You need 2 of Eggs.
It's 40 g of Tenkasu (scraps or wibbits from your chip shop, optional).
It's 40 g of Chopped bacon.
Prepare of For topping sauce.
You need 3 of T.spoons tomato ketchap.
You need 2 of T.spoons worcestershire sauce.
It's 1 of T.spoon soy sauce.
Prepare 1/2 of T.spoon sugar.
Prepare of Other topping.
You need of mayonnaise.
Prepare of katsuo bushi (shaved dried fish).

Okonomiyaki - お好み焼き - is a savory Japanese pancake made with a light but substantial batter You see, okonomiyaki has a tradition of being topped with okonomi sauce, Japanese mayonnaise. I put Okonomi yaki Osaka style recipe to my blog also. Okonomi yaki is getting popular in U. S. but unfortunately in my town in the high class Japanese restaurant, it is not really close to real one.

Okonomi yaki step by step

Put all the sauce ingredients into a pan and cook on the low heat for a few minutes until thickened..
Mix fish stock, Chinese yam and ginger in a bowl. Add flour (+baking powder if using) and cabbage and mix well..
Break eggs in the batter, add tenkasu if you have and roughly mix..
Heat a frying pan with a little oil, pour half the mixture and spread..
Put half the bacon over the mixture, lower the heat and cook for 7 minutes..
Turn over and cook further 4 minutes or so..
Repeat the other half..
Spread the sauce and decorate with mayonnaise and katsuo bushi..

Learn how to make Japanese street food at home with this okonomiyaki recipe! These delicious savory pancakes are filled with cabbage, scallions, and more. Also buy authentic Okonomiyaki ingredients online. One typically finds this amazing food at specialized Okonomiyaki-ya restaurants and street vendors in Japan. In fact, the name okonomiyaki お好み焼き（） means "whatever you like grilled." The first part of the word okonomi お好み（） means "choice" or It's the same yaki in teriyaki, yakisoba, and yakiniku.