Okonomi Yaki (Veggie Pancakes)
photo by PalatablePastime
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 small green cabbage, shredded (apprx 3-4 cups, red, Green or Chinese)
- 1 large carrot, shredded
- 1⁄2 onion, diced
- 3 stalks celery, minced
- 2 cups whole wheat flour or 2 cups white flour (you may need a bit more)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (10 ounce) can evaporated milk
- enough water, to make a batter
- 1⁄2 1/2 cup chicken (optional) or 1/2 cup fish (optional)
directions
- Mix together the veggies.
- Mix together the remaining ingredients to form a smooth, pourable batter.
- Mix the veggies in the batter the mixture should be of a consistency that you can spoon the patties on to the skillet, if not,adjuster with either water or flour.
- On a heated sprayed with oil skillet drop spoonfuls of batter (apprx3 tbsp per pattie).
- Your heat should be medium.
- Brown well on one side flip and brown on the other.
- Serve hot or cold.
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Reviews
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perhaps labeling this recipe okonomiyaki is a bit misleading. for a more authentic okonomiyaki recipe, don't use evaporated milk, brown sugar, or whole wheat flour. use a fine ground flour, or you can find okonomiyaki flour at asian grocery stores. i usually add grated mountain yam to the batter. secondly, if you are going to add meat, the typical thing to add would be thin sliced pork and/or seafood like fresh or dried shrimp and calamari. finally, the typical way they are served is smothered in okonomiyaki sauce, flaked nori, japanese mayo, and red pickled ginger.
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My mother has essentially this same recipe in her recipe box and used to make it every now and then; it's really good over hot rice. I experimented with the veggies I happened upon in my refrigerater: onions, mushrooms, spinach and red bell pepper. Not bad at all--the red pepper gave it a whole new flavor. I usually substitute tofu for the meat, but I didn't have any. I put in walnut pieces, which was delicious. P.S. don't try to saute the veggies unless you can find a way to make the final product not so dough-y
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These are tasty, but I'm not sure why they would be called okonomi-yaki. This is much more like chijimi, the korean savory pancake. There's a very different process to okonomiyaki -- plus you'd need to add pickled ginger to the fillings and fish broth (dashi) to the batter to make it taste like the Japanese food. Again -- tasty recipe, but not really okonomiyaki -- it shouldn't remind anyone of tempura...
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Very good! I am glad I took Roosie's recommendation to try this one out in Healthy Recipe ABC for lunch actually. Her recommendation with a Bergy recipe how could I resist. There was no way I was going to use all purpose flour when the choice was whole wheat flour. I added plain milk to the batter as I did not have any evaporated milk and added a little of the stock from the beef roast instead of water. Used green cabbage and carrots and spring onions (stalks) instead of the celery. I did add some chopped green chilli too. Used beef roast for the meat quotient that my guys need in a meal and got around 7 pancakes. Made it on a nonstick skillet so used no oil. Served it with Schezwan sauce. Thanks for a keeper Bergy and thanks to Roosie for pointing the way. She calls this one of the best recipes she has ever made from Zaar!!! and that is saying more than all the stars in the world. :) Fay
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My mother has essentially this same recipe in her recipe box and used to make it every now and then; it's really good over hot rice. I experimented with the veggies I happened upon in my refrigerater: onions, mushrooms, spinach and red bell pepper. Not bad at all--the red pepper gave it a whole new flavor. I usually substitute tofu for the meat, but I didn't have any. I put in walnut pieces, which was delicious. P.S. don't try to saute the veggies unless you can find a way to make the final product not so dough-y
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
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