From an Overseas Expat: Takoyaki by an Osaka Native
From an Overseas Expat: Takoyaki by an Osaka Native

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, from an overseas expat: takoyaki by an osaka native. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Great recipe for From an Overseas Expat: Takoyaki by an Osaka Native. I live overseas, so I used to buy imported frozen takoyaki from Japan. But when I visited Japan, I bought a takoyaki maker and carried it back with me. I made my own takoyaki, recalling the ones I used to make growing up (I am.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have from an overseas expat: takoyaki by an osaka native using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make From an Overseas Expat: Takoyaki by an Osaka Native:
  1. Take 200 grams ☆Cake flour
  2. Take 2 tsp ☆Baking powder
  3. Make ready 4 Eggs (large)
  4. Make ready 16 grams Dashi stock granules
  5. Get 1000 ml Water
  6. Take Fillings of your choice
  7. Get 1 Octopus, shrimp, squid
  8. Take 1 Tempura batter bits (tenkasu)
  9. Take 1 Red pickled ginger
  10. Take 1 Chopped green onion
  11. Make ready Toppings:
  12. Make ready 1 Takoyaki sauce (or okonomiyaki sauce)
  13. Get 1 Mayonnaise
  14. Get 1 Bonito flakes
  15. Make ready 1 Aonori

This is largely due to its merchant history as old Japan's main port for the import of various ingredients. Osaka is home to several unique Japanese dishes, including okonomiyaki (a type of savoury pancake) and takoyaki (battered balls with diced octopus filling). What's more, desserts like dorayaki (a pancake filled with red-bean paste), and taiyaki (a fish-shaped cake also filled with red-bean paste) are heavily associated with the city. Japan Expat Guide: Life in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Steps to make From an Overseas Expat: Takoyaki by an Osaka Native:
  1. Sift the ☆ ingredients together. (If you don't have cake flour in your region, use pastry flour.)
  2. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them.
  3. Add dashi stock granules to the eggs. Add water little by little while whisking.
  4. Put sifted flour into the egg mixture, and stir until there are no lumps.
  5. Cover the bowl of batter with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the refrigerator. In the meantime, get the fillings ready.
  6. When everything is ready, switch on the takoyaki maker to heat it up. Don't forget to plug it in first!
  7. When the takoyaki maker has heated properly, oil it generously. Use plenty of oil to make the outsides crispy!!
  8. Pour in batter to fill about 80 to 90% full. Put a piece of octopus (or other filling) into each hole. The flour tends to sink to the bottom of the batter, so give it a little stir each time you pour it in.
  9. Add enough batter to the takoyaki pan to hide the surface completely, and add tenkasu (tempura batter crumbs), green onion, and red ginger.
  10. When the outsides of the batter in the indentations come up as shown, it's time to flip them over!
  11. It looks like this when you flip the balls. It looks like a mess, but don't worry.
  12. Flip the balls repeatedly while tucking the raggedy pieces under them. The balls will become rounder and rounder. Add some oil if needed.
  13. When the balls are done, pour on the toppings of your choice and enjoy!
  14. Since I live overseas, it's difficult for me to get a hold of octopus. So I substitute it with squid or shrimp. I make my own tenkasu, and blend my own sauce.
  15. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

What's more, desserts like dorayaki (a pancake filled with red-bean paste), and taiyaki (a fish-shaped cake also filled with red-bean paste) are heavily associated with the city. Japan Expat Guide: Life in the Land of the Rising Sun. My name is Ellen and I'm an Irish blogger and Instagrammer. Two years after graduating with a degree in Food and Agri-Business Management, I took the plunge and moved to Kumamoto in Japan as an expat. I was granted a place on the JET (Japanese Exchange.

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