Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, an osaka specialty: ika-yaki (squid pancakes). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Great recipe for An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes). These are the ika-yaki sold at a certain department store, and occasionally at food stalls during summer festivals. I found out just recently that this is only sold in the Kansai area. In other regions, 'ika-yaki' means a whole.
An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have an osaka specialty: ika-yaki (squid pancakes) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes):
- Prepare 100 grams - 180 grams Squid
- Take 140 grams Cake flour
- Prepare 10 grams Bread (strong) flour
- Prepare 5 grams Katakuriko
- Prepare 1 tsp Dashi stock granules
- Take 200 grams Water
- Prepare 1 Vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 Okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce
So, as you've probably guessed, the basic ingredient of the dish is squid. If we say "Ika(=squid) yaki", there are a lot of people who imagine grilled squid. However in Osaka, "Ikayaki" is a different type of baked squid using flour dough and baked like a pancake. Because it is not heavy like "Okonomiyaki", it is popular as a light meal or a snack.
Instructions to make An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes):
- Slice the body of the prepped squid into rounds, then cut into 1cm dice.
- Combine the flours, dashi stock granules, and water, and mix until it's slightly sticky (meaning the gluten in the flour has formed).
- Add the squid to the batter, and leave for at least 30 minutes. If the batter becomes too firm, add a little water so that it's the consistency of crepe batter.
- Add oil in a pan, and pour in the batter (You can add an egg here to upgrade the pancake to a deluxe version.)
- When one side is browned, turn the pancake over. Cook the other side while pressing down hard on the pancake with your spatula.
- When the pancake is cooked, spread the combined okonomiyaki and takoyaki sauces, fold in half and press.
- If you add too much squid, the pancakes will be hard to cook. I'm not too good at cooking these myself. If you're not used to making pancakes, try cooking one with just a little squid added to the batter.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
However in Osaka, "Ikayaki" is a different type of baked squid using flour dough and baked like a pancake. Because it is not heavy like "Okonomiyaki", it is popular as a light meal or a snack. Ika No Sugata Yaki is a flavoursome and straightforward recipe, which comprises of grilled whole squid with soy sauce or other sauces. Sugatayaki means grilled in a whole shape. It goes well with a glass of sake and is commonly available at summer festivals, street fairs, shrine festivals, pushcart vendors or Izakaya pubs all around Japan. squid)—an Osaka specialty. "The ika-yaki griddle can make a serving for two in just a minute and a half," Onishi says. "So we can feed a large number of people in a short span of time, which is important when cooking food for evacuees in the wake of a disaster.
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