OKONOMIYAKI (Japanese Pizza / Japanese Savory Pancake)【Recipe Video】. Put the bowl in water to cool down; set aside. Mix roughly cake flour, baking powder, and dried bonito powder; set aside. Okonomiyaki is the famous Japanese savory pancake that is usually cooked at the dining table so you can customize it to your taste.

Topping includes various condiments you like, the usual - okonomiyaki sauce, brush, Japanese mayonnaise in zigzagging lines, and sprinkle dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi). Okonomiyaki is sometimes called "Japanese Pancake" or "Japanese Pizza" by non-Japanese speakers, but personally I think it's more like a dish between pancake and frittata. It's made with flour, eggs, tempura scraps (tenkasu), cabbage, pork belly slices and topped with a variety of condiments like okonomiyaki sauce, Japanese. You can cook OKONOMIYAKI (Japanese Pizza / Japanese Savory Pancake)【Recipe Video】 using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of OKONOMIYAKI (Japanese Pizza / Japanese Savory Pancake)【Recipe Video】

You need of thin sliced pork belly.
It's of cabbage, about 1/2 heads.
You need of scallion.
It's of red pickled ginger.
Prepare of perilla leaf.
Prepare of eggs.
You need of oil for frying.
You need of Okonomi-yaki batter.
You need of boiled water.
It's of Japanese soup stock (dashi), granule type.
It's of (7 oz, 1.6 cups) cake flour.
You need of baking powder.
It's of dried bonito powder (optional).
You need of Japanese yam.
Prepare of Topping (adjust to suit your taste).
Prepare of okonomiyaki sauce (savory pancake sauce, It's kind of similar to barbecue sauce.).
It's of mayonnaise.
Prepare of dried green nori flakes.
You need of dried bonito flakes.
Prepare of 1cup=235cc(USA).

Pour the Okonomiyaki batter into a round pancake shape in the center of the pan. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake stuffed with yummy goodness! 'Okonomi' means what you like and 'yaki' means grilled. The ingredients provided are the basic okonomiyaki recipe. Feel free to add any vegetables or other meats.

OKONOMIYAKI (Japanese Pizza / Japanese Savory Pancake)【Recipe Video】 step by step

★Recipe video★ (my You Tube channel)→https://youtu.be/u59j7GmSckc.
【For Okonomiyaki batter】Put 200 ml (6.8 fl oz) boiled water in a bowl and add Japanese soup stock, stir well. Put the bowl in water to cool down; set aside. Mix roughly cake flour, baking powder, and dried bonito powder; set aside..
Grate Japanese yam into a large bowl. Pour the prepared stock in it while stirring. Sift dry ingredients over it..
Mix well until smooth. Let it sit in a fridge for 3 hours or more to bring out the ''umami''(savory taste) of the flour..
【Prepare other ingredients. 】Chop cabbage into about 1 cm (0.4'') square. Chop the core of cabbage into fine pieces. Cut stalks scallion into small pieces. (You should wipe off moisture after you wash vegetables, before cutting them.).
Cut leaves perilla leaf into small pieces. Chop red pickled ginger into fine pieces..
【Cook it with a frying pan.】Put one serving of the batter and vegetables in a bowl (1/4 each). Add an egg and mix roughly..
Heat a frypan on medium-low heat and add a splash of oil for frying. Pour the okonomiyaki mixture into the pan. Use a spatula to form it into a round pancake about 2cm (0.8'') thick..
Cook it for 3 mins on medium heat. Gently lay about 1/4 of the pork belly slices on top of the pancake. When golden brown on the bottom, flip it and cook the other side..
Cook it on medium heat for 4-5 mins until golden too or pork belly gets crispy. Please don't push down on the okonomiyaki in the pan to get a fluffy pancake. Flip it again, warm it on low heat and then turn off the heat..
【Toppings】Apply okonomiyaki sauce with a spoon or brush, add mayonnaise in zigzagging lines, and sprinkle dried green nori flakes and dried bonito flakes. Please try freshly cooked OKONOMIYAKI!.
Notes: If the time has passed after putting cabbage into the batter, the water in the cabbage will come out and the batter will become watery. If the batter becomes watery, the cooked okonomiyaki won't get fluffy, so when cooking, it's better to mix the batter and vegetables just before cooking..

Have fun playing with the ingredients! Nagaimo - like a yam, this is, to the Japanese, a must have ingredient in the making of Okonomiyaki. It makes the batter fluffier and prevents the final product from being too dough-y. If you have access to Oriental stores, you might be able to find it pre shredded in packets. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savoury pancake.