Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes)
Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, shinshu eggplant oyaki (flat cakes). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

If you have travelled in Shinshu region Japan, you might have tasted the authentic 'Oyaki'. 'Oyaki' is a sort of dumpling similar to 'Gyoza' made from wheat flour or buckwheat flour dough wrapped around a stuffing that is most commonly vegetables, then cooked on a pan. Oyaki is a Japanese dumpling made from a fermented buckwheat dough wrapped around various fillings, and is a traditional dish of Nagano Prefecture. Great recipe for Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes). The oyaki I had at a restaurant were not that good.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shinshu eggplant oyaki (flat cakes) using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes):
  1. Make ready 200 ml Bread (strong) flour
  2. Take 200 ml Cake flour
  3. Take 200 ml Boiling water
  4. Make ready 1 pinch Salt
  5. Prepare The filling
  6. Take 3 Eggplant - slim Japanese type
  7. Get 1/2 Onion
  8. Get 1 tbsp ●Mentsuyu
  9. Prepare 3 tbsp ●Miso
  10. Get 2 tbsp ●Sugar
  11. Get 1 heaping tablespoon Ground sesame seeds
  12. Get 4 shakes Umami seasoning (optional)

The oyaki I had at a restaurant were not that good. I wanted to make oyaki that I would be happy with, and made my own. Oyaki are regional speciality of Shinshu (current day Nagano prefecture), where they are often eaten as snacks. Oyaki are one of Nagano's traditional foods and most delicious snacks.

Steps to make Shinshu Eggplant Oyaki (flat cakes):
  1. Cut the eggplants in half, slice thinly and soak in water.
  2. Roughly chop up the onion.
  3. Stir fry the onion in oil. When it's translucent add the eggplant slices and continue stir frying.
  4. When the eggplant has softened and wilted, add the ● ingredients and stir fry until there's no more moisture left in the pan.
  5. Add the ground sesame seeds at the end. Adjust the seasoning with umami seasoning, and leave to cool.
  6. Make the dough: Put the cake flour, bread flour and salt in a bowl and mix well with chopsticks.
  7. When the flours are mixed, pour in the boiling water and mix well with chopsticks.
  8. Knead the dough until it's about the stiffness and consistency of your earlobes. Form the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and leave to rest for an hour.
  9. Roll portions of the dough into balls, flatten, put on some filling and wrap while stretching the edges of the dough. Form into flat round cakes.
  10. Heat up a frying pan with oil, put in the oyaki and brown them on both sides.
  11. When they have browned, add water halfway up the oyaki. Cover with a lid and steam-cook until there's no moisture left in the pan.
  12. When there's almost no moisture left, the oyaki are done.
  13. Wrap the oyaki in a moistened kitchen towel or plastic wrap to store.
  14. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Oyaki are regional speciality of Shinshu (current day Nagano prefecture), where they are often eaten as snacks. Oyaki are one of Nagano's traditional foods and most delicious snacks. Like Soba, they have been an important part of local cuisine for thousands of years. Ogawa-mura near Nagano city is particularly famous for its oyaki, and customers can try making them for themselves there or at Ogawa no Sho in. Oyaki are Japanese dumplings made with all-purpose or buckwheat flour that feature a savory filling.

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