Okonomiyaki

Okonomiyaki (Japaneseお好み焼き) is a Japanese dish. okonomi means " taste ", " will" in the sense of "what you want"; yaki means " fried " or " roasted ". Traditionally Okonomiyaki is cooked at the table on a hot iron plate (Japanese Teppan ). The basic ingredients are water, carbon, flour, egg and dashi, other ingredients can be ordered at will and added; they vary depending on the region of Japan. For all meat and fish, vegetables, mochi, cheese and much more suitable. Mix the ingredients in a bowl and emptied it on the hot, greased Teppan where the pancake is cooked through. Okonomiyaki have approximately the form of a sponge cake. Then the sheet of dough is divided and distributed among the guests. The soup is seasoned with a special okonomiyaki sauce and katsuobushi (dried and grated tuna). Due to the method of preparation and the variable ingredients, the court is also called Japanese pizza, but the court has otherwise no resemblance to pizza.

Okonomiyaki is a specialty in the Kansai region, especially in Osaka, and Hiroshima. In Tokyo, there is a similar dish with Monjayaki.

Kansai variant

The Kansai variant is baked on both sides and turned upside down on the Teppan with blades and parts. The parts are decorated with nori, katsuobushi, mayonnaise and ginger. In Kyoto usually darker vegetables are used. Noodles, it is also referred to as Modanyaki (モダン 焼き).

Osaka style okonomiyaki in a restaurant in Amsterdam

Okonomiyaki ( to Kansai style)

Hiroshima variant

The version of Hiroshima, Hiroshima -yaki also (広島 焼き) called, is first prepared also a kind of crepe on the teppan. In this is the cut in fine strips carbon and the spices, it layered chopped meat and seafood and cooked together. Meanwhile cooked soba (buckwheat noodles) are separately roasted on the teppan and then spread on the flatbread. The whole thing is turned on the plate with the noodles and baked down on. Then the okonomiyaki is placed on a specially prepared egg, fried and then turned around again. The portions are tapped with a spatula portions and placed on their own eating utensils and eaten with okonomiyaki sauce.

Okonomiyaki stand at a Matsuri

Preparation of okonomiyaki in a restaurant in Hiroshima