Okonomiyaki

Is a kind of crepe, omelet or Japanese pizza pie typically .

The okonomiyaki is composed of and. This name comes owing to the fact that one can put many ingredients at it, quote:

The dish prepares in successive layers on a teppan (hotplate) with first of all it “crepe” made of a mixture of buckwheat flour and dried fish reduced out of powder and of water, then one places there Chinese cabbage cut in plates, then to the choice of the pieces of meat (pig in plates), shrimps, octopus, squid etc then come the noodles ( thick Udon or finer Soba ) without forget to sprinkle the whole with famous “the Okonomi sauce” made of a mixture of vinegar of Saké, of honey and of vegetable mashed potatoes. After that, one turns over the unit on scrambled eggs cooked on the same plate and one lets the whole cook until the cabbages is tender and well cooked meat.

The whole is been useful such as it is or with chopped green onions ( negikake ). Then, the amateurs will add Mayonnaise and an additional layer of “Okonomi sauce” before tasting it.

There are several types:

standard of Ōsaka, or the ingredients are mixed all together without making successive layers, speciality of the Kansai;
standard Hiroshima, described above
standard monja or monjayaki (もんじゃ焼き) with Tōkyō. The ingredients finely are chopped and mixed with the paste before being fried. The paste is much more running than the okonomiyaki .

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