Sunday, January 25, 2009
Coolest Thing Ever
I hadn't seen this before, but Anita pointed it out to me, and if you haven't seen it, it's about the most awesome thing you could imagine: Pete Seeger (with Bruce Springsteen) performing at President Obama's inauguration concert. He seems to be going strong at 90.
He's got an awesome hat, too!
Quick Further Tip
Anita points out that, if you can't get okonomi sauce, tonkatsu sauce is an excellent substitute.
Don't stress out too much about the absolute proportions and ingredients. Okonomiyaki translates as something like "fried however you like it", so some variation is cool. Apparently some people put cheese and barbeque sauce on it, but I can't really condone that kind of behavior. What you do in the privacy of your own home is up to you, though.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cookin' With Cat!
By popular request, here's how to make super-delicious okonomiyaki, the Anita way! With "help" from Kaiyo.
Step 1: Measure out 1 cup of okonomiyaki flour. If you don't have any, use regular flour plus 1/4 teaspoon baking powder and a pinch of salt, and add 1 tsp. dashi powder dissolved in the water in step 3.
Step 2: Add one beaten egg.
Step 3: Add half a cup of water.
Step 4: Mix well!
Step 5: Add 150g of "shredded cabbage". This is the lazy way, but it works fine.
Step 6: Add in some little cooked shrimp. We keep a bag of them in the freezer for just this kind of occasion.
Step 7: Chop 2 green onions and mix in most of it, including the white bits. Save a handful of green bits for later.
Step 8: Mix up the batter and make two pancakes on your medium-high preheated griddle. Cook the first side until nicely brown.
Step 9: While you're browning the first side, put a chopped slice of bacon on top of each pancake.
Step 10: Using two spatulas (not one, not three), flip the okonomiyaki over and cook the other side.
Step 11: Present delicious browned pancake to discerning diner.
Step 12: The condiments are critical. You need: katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes), okonomi sauce, Kewpie mayonnaise (not American mayo), and ao nori (dried seaweed flakes).
First, sprinkle on the saved green onion slices. Then add the ao nori, and finally the katsuobushi. This is the exciting part (let's see if I can get this video to work):
Finally, add mayonnaise and okonomi sauce in a pretty pattern.
Step 13: Eat!
Let us know if you give it a try. It's really yummy!
Step 1: Measure out 1 cup of okonomiyaki flour. If you don't have any, use regular flour plus 1/4 teaspoon baking powder and a pinch of salt, and add 1 tsp. dashi powder dissolved in the water in step 3.
Step 2: Add one beaten egg.
Step 3: Add half a cup of water.
Step 4: Mix well!
Step 5: Add 150g of "shredded cabbage". This is the lazy way, but it works fine.
Step 6: Add in some little cooked shrimp. We keep a bag of them in the freezer for just this kind of occasion.
Step 7: Chop 2 green onions and mix in most of it, including the white bits. Save a handful of green bits for later.
Step 8: Mix up the batter and make two pancakes on your medium-high preheated griddle. Cook the first side until nicely brown.
Step 9: While you're browning the first side, put a chopped slice of bacon on top of each pancake.
Step 10: Using two spatulas (not one, not three), flip the okonomiyaki over and cook the other side.
Step 11: Present delicious browned pancake to discerning diner.
Step 12: The condiments are critical. You need: katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes), okonomi sauce, Kewpie mayonnaise (not American mayo), and ao nori (dried seaweed flakes).
First, sprinkle on the saved green onion slices. Then add the ao nori, and finally the katsuobushi. This is the exciting part (let's see if I can get this video to work):Finally, add mayonnaise and okonomi sauce in a pretty pattern.
Step 13: Eat!
Let us know if you give it a try. It's really yummy!
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