I love Fridays! It’s not just a short day at work, but I also get to try something new for dinner which ushers in the weekend! So I decided that we shall have a Japanese-themed dinner! (: After searching Tastespotting for some inspiration, I decided on two dishes for the night : Okonomiyaki & salmon, shiitake and edamame soba noodles!
So what is okonomiyaki? It is actually a savoury pancake that is mainly made up with cabbage and anything you wanna put in it! I’ve had it a couple of times, and really love it with the combination of mayonnaise and bbq sauce. Since it was Friday, we had ours with prawns! (: I realised that I have been having heaps of Korean, and was really craving for some Japanese. I have to say though, I’m really lucky that the mr eats everything, so I am able to cook what I wanted. And he would happily eat it! hehe PHEW!
I think it turned out really well for a first-timer! (: But a pity I didn’t shred my cabbage thin enough so it was a little chunkier than I wished, and a little difficult to shape it into nice circles when pan-frying it. But besides that, it was really simple and yummy! And one thing I really enjoyed was alternating the sauces and using the toothpick to make the marbling effect on top of the pancake! hehe
Okonomiyaki (adapted from Las Vegas Food Adventures)
2 cups green cabbage, finely shredded
6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
330g prawn, deveined and cut into half
1 cup plain flour
1 tbs corn flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup stock (I used fish stock, but you can always use chicken or dashi)
1 egg
salt, to season
Steps :
1) Combine the flour, corn flour and baking powder and mix it well. Mix the fish stock and egg together, and combine with the flour mixture. Mix until you get a thick pancake batter.
2) Add the cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, prawns and garlic to the batter. Season with salt. Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium fire, and add some vegetable oil. Add half of the pancake mix and flatten it to the depth of the prawns with a spatula.
3) Cook the pancake for about 10-15 minutes, flipping several times, until both sides are golden brown.
4) Serve it hot, drizzle the top with japanese mayonnaise and homemade bbq suace (recipe below).
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Bbq Sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup Soju/ Sake
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1) Mix everything together and whisk until the sugar is completely dissolved. Place in a squeeze bottle, so you could easily drizzle on the pancake.
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ENJOY!
PS : Stay tuned for the recipe of the salmon soba noodles !
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Looks delicious! Love the look of the sauces marbled together like that – so pretty 🙂
Thanks dearie! it was very fun to do! hehe (: Just love how pretty it turned out! x
That looks really awesome! I love making Japanese pancakes but I just blob the sauce around instead of making it so pretty! Heehee
haha (: it doesnt matter as long as it tastes good! hehe x
YAY you blogged about it so quickly 🙂 wow it is relatively easier to make than I expected hehe ~ but still just gonna pass it onto Mr Bao and hopefully he’ll make it! YUM YUM YUM i haven’t had okonomiyaki for soooooooo long ~
hehe yup! Needed to be on the ball! haha (: But yes! it’s easy to make and im sure Mr Bao won’t mind making it for u! hehe (: ENJOY!!! xx
I love okonomiyaki!! Haven’t made one for ages. I love how you made pretty pattern with the sauce… I just squeeze and pile them on hhaha.
haha (: i just enjoy making patterns haha and it’s really easy and quick, just run the toothpick through back and forth! haha x
But you’ll have to squeeze neatly too right?? I’m clumsy at that. hehe
hehe not that bad la! im sure you can do it better! (:
I know what I’m trying out this weekend! haha
yay!!! (:
unfortunately may not…the gf says it doesn’t look appetizing =.=” sigh you’re lucky to have a husband that would eat whatever you cook lol!
Aww that’s really sad 😦 oh well. Just cook other things then! Hehe and yes 🙂 its great that my hubs eats everything I make! Hehe and no complains ever!
haha finally tried it anyway ! 😛 now i know a yummier way to cook cabbage lol
Awesome! 🙂 hehe
i think this will be awesome with bonita flakes on top 😀 yumyum
love the sauce “design”
hehe yes definitely! just didn’t have them at home! hehe but if u do, it would be noms for sure! x hehe