Aug 14, 2020

Surprising Okonomiyaki pancakes 🇯🇵

By CookUp • Issue #9 • View online

This week we’ll dive into Okonomiyaki. A Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients in a wheat-flour-based batter. It is an example of konamon (flour-based Japanese cuisine).

Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with the Kansai or Hiroshima areas of Japan. Toppings and batters tend to vary according to region. Let’s get to it and cook up a delicious Okonomiyaki pancake of your own.

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Photo by Jonathan Ellgen

“Okonomy means favorite. And Yaki means fried. So it is your favorite things—fried.” ― Yoshio Saito

Very traditional

Okonomiyaki pancakes 2-ways

Give store-bought pancake mix a whole new purpose with these Japanese savory pancakes. Discover both Osaka and Hiroshima style.

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Osaka-style Okonomiyaki

The phenomenally popular okonomiyaki is often called a “Japanese pancake” but it really isn’t a pancake at all. A kind of cabbage fritter and considered the soul food of Osaka.

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Okonomiyaki with sauces from scratch

Okonimiyaki can contain any number of fillings. Follow along this week as we recreate this essential Japanese comfort food.

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A veggie option

Sweet Potato Okonomiyaki

Easy savory pancakes that are perfectly healthy enough to eat everynight of the week! A simple Japanese okonomiyaki recipe!

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Next week

Next week we’ll find our way to India and dive into their Butter chicken. Stay tuned and happy cooking!

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