Okonomiyaki with Japanese Slaw

Okonomiyaki with Japanese Slaw

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, January 22, 2017.

Okonomiyaki literally means “grilled as you like it” in Japanese.


Ingredients

Okonomiyaki

  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup water
  • 1½ teaspoons okonomiyaki spice mix
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cabbage
  • 2 spring onions, white and pale green part only

Japanese slaw

  • 1 capsicum
  • 150g snow peas
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar (e.g. white wine, rice wine, cider)

TO SERVE

  • 20g sesame seeds
  • 1 spring onion, white and pale green part only
  • 60g okonomiyaki sauce OR if omitting, refer to Vegetarian Asian BBQ sauce recipe below
  • 50g Japanese mayonnaise
  • ½ pack pickled ginger (optional)

Vegetarian Asian BBQ sauce

  • ½ cup tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar (white wine)
  • ¾ tablespoon soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1/8 teaspoon chilli powder

Steps

  1. oven to 220ᵒC. Line and oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Whisk eggs and water together in a large bowl. Gradually add in okonomiyaki spice mix, flour and salt, whisking as you go to avoid any lumps, until you have a smooth batter. Season with pepper and set aside in the fridge for at least 10 minutes, while you prepare the rest of the meal.
  3. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and thinly slice; remove stringy ends from snow peas and slice thinly on an angle; peel and grate carrot. Add all to a large bowl, along with mayonnaise, sesame oil and vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.
  4. Finely slice cabbage until you have about 6 cups worth and finely slice first measure of spring onions. Add both to the batter and mix to combine. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on a medium heat.
  5. Scoop 1/3 of the batter into the pan and spread out until approximately 2cm-thick. Cook for about 3 minutes each side, until golden. Repeat two more times with remaining batter. Transfer cooked pancakes to prepared tray and bake for 5–6 minutes, until cooked through.
  6. While pancakes bake, wipe pan clean with paper towels and return to a high heat. Add sesame seeds and toast for 1–2 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from pan and set aside. Finely slice second measure of spring onions. If not using okonomiyaki sauce THEN combine all Asian Veggie BBQ sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  7. divide Japanese pancakes between plates. Drizzle over okonomiyaki sauce OR Asian veggie BBQ sauce to taste and Japanese mayo. Sprinkle over toasted sesame seeds, sliced spring onions and pickled ginger (if using). Serve Japanese slaw on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2306 kj
551 kcal
Protein 21.4g
Carbohydrate 47.9g
Fat 28.9g