Who knew there was a way to make little kids eat vegetables without the fight or crying!? Yup, in Japan they've invented a dish a long time ago called Okonomiyaki. Okonomiyaki is basically shredded cabbage cooked in a batter, it is also called a Japanese pizza in some cases. My mom always made this for me as a child, I guess in a way she was trying to help me out. I grew up loving this dish and I hope more people find out about it :) Here's a recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cup dashi soup stock or water
- 4-6 eggs
- 1 - 1 1/4 lb cabbage
- 6 tbsps chopped green onion
- 2/3 cup tenkasu (tempura flakes)
- 12 - 18 strips of thinly sliced pork or beef
- For toppings:
- Ao-nori (green seaweed)
- Okonomiyaki sauce (or tonkatsu sauce)
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:
Put dashi soup stock in a bowl. Mix the flour in the soup stock. Rest the batter for an hour in the refrigerator. Chop cabbage finely. Take about 1/2 cup of the batter (to make one sheet of okonimiyaki) in another bowl. Mix chopped cabbage (about 1/4 lb), chopped green onion (about 1 tbsp), and tempura flakes (about 2 tbsps) in the batter. Make a hole in the middle of the batter and add an egg in the hole. Stir the batter. Heat a pan and oil slightly. Pour the batter over the pan and make a round. Fry meat or your choice of toppings on the side. Cook 5-7 minutes and place meat (toppings) on top of the okonomiyaki. Flip the okonomiyaki and cook for 5-7 more minutes. Flip the okonomiyaki again and spread okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise on top. Sprinkle aonori over the sauce. Sprinkle katsuobushi (bonito flakes) and beni-shoga (red ginger) if you would like.This is a wonderful recipe if you're looking to feed your kids some greens, enjoy!
(Recipe retrieved from Setsuko Yoshizuka from url: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/holidaytraditionalfood/r/okonomiyaki.htm)
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