Okonomiyaki (Osaka-Style Savory Pancake)

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour 150 g
• Dashi, cold 180 ml
• Eggs 4 large
• Cabbage, finely shredded 400 g
• Green onions, chopped 4 (30 g)
• Tempura bits (tenkasu) 20 g
• Pickled red ginger (beni shoga), chopped 20 g
• Pork belly, thinly sliced 200 g
• Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
• Okonomiyaki sauce 6 tbsp (100 g)
• Japanese mayonnaise 3 tbsp (40 g)
• Bonito flakes (katsuobushi) 4 g
• Aonori (green seaweed flakes) 1 tsp (1 g)

Instructions

1. 1

   Whisk the flour and cold dashi into a smooth batter and rest it for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Add the eggs, cabbage, green onions, tempura bits and pickled ginger, and fold gently until the cabbage is just coated.

3. 3

   Heat 1/2 tbsp of oil in a frying pan over medium heat, spread a quarter of the batter into a round about 2 cm thick and lay a quarter of the pork slices on top.

4. 4

   Cook for 5 minutes until the bottom is golden, flip so the pork is underneath, cover and cook for 5 minutes until the pork is crisp, then flip back and cook 2 minutes more.

5. 5

   Repeat with the remaining oil, batter and pork to make four pancakes.

6. 6

   Brush each pancake with okonomiyaki sauce and drizzle with mayonnaise.

7. 7

   Sprinkle with bonito flakes and aonori and serve at once.