Takoyaki
By: Barnaby Dorfman
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:40pm

Ingredients




1 2/3 cups flour
2 1/2 cups dashi stock
2 eggs
1/2 pound boiled octopus, cut into bite-size pieces
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1/4 cup dried sakura ebi (red shrimp)
1/4 cup chopped pickled red ginger
bonito flakes
takoyaki sauce
mayonnaise

Preparation

1 Mix flour, dashi, and eggs in a bowl to make batter. 2 Put oil inside cups of a takoyaki grill pan. Pour batter into the cups to the full. Put octopus, red ginger, and green onion in each hole. 3 Grill takoyaki balls, turning with a pick. When takoyaki become rounds and brown, remove them from the pan and place in a plate. 4 Put sauce and mayonnaise on takoyaki and sprinkle bonito flakes before serving

About


Tako means octopus in Japanese, and takoyaki are known as octopus balls. Takoyaki are very popular in Japan. To make takoyaki, a special pan for takoyaki is used. The pan has many small round cups for the batter.