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

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, from an overseas expat: takoyaki by an osaka native. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Takoyaki is a fast food that's representative of Osaka. It's in the Amerikamura area of Osaka, an area frequented by young. Takoyaki is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan.

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

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

Osaka and takoyaki - you can't have those separated under any circumstances. But, why not step up your takoyaki game a little bit? Osaka is the birthplace of takoyaki, otherwise known as octopus balls. There are hundreds of takoyaki restaurants that you can try.

Instructions 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.

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