Japan

Takoyaki

Name: Takoyaki
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 150 g Flour; 450 ml Dashi; 1 Egg; 150 g Cooked octopus, diced; some of each Spring onion & pickled ginger; to serve Takoyaki sauce & mayonnaise; to sprinkle Bonito flakes & aonori

Osaka batter balls with octopus

Takoyaki were created in Osaka in 1935 and remain the city's street-food icon. Batter balls are turned in a special dimpled pan.

A piece of octopus hides inside; outside they are crowned with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes and seaweed.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Flour150 g
Dashi450 ml
Egg1
Cooked octopus, diced150 g
Spring onion & pickled gingersome of each
Takoyaki sauce & mayonnaiseto serve
Bonito flakes & aonorito sprinkle

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Whisk flour, dashi and egg into a thin batter.
Oil the takoyaki pan and heat well, fill with batter.
Scatter in octopus, spring onion and ginger.
Turn the balls with a skewer until crisp all round.
Top with sauce, mayo, bonito and aonori.

Make it original

Dashi, bonito flakes and takoyaki sauce are in the Asia Boutique.

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