Okonomiyaki is the famous "Osaka soul food". Sometimes it is referred as "Japanese pizza" perhaps because it has a same kind of dough. It really seems to be popular in Osaka-area.

Okonomiyaki is a great Japanese food, often found in Japanese izakaya. The dough is made from flour, water, eggs, and cabbage. Sometimes mushrooms, onions, meat, seafood or chicken is added. There really can be almost anything.

Katsuobushi (shaved benito) or aonori seaweed and Japanese mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce is then added on top of the fried- pancake looking okonomiyaki.

Especially, okonomiyaki tastes good with Japanese beer such as Asahi or Kirin.

Needed ingredients



Preparing okonomiyaki on frying pan - soon ready to be flipped

over. The thin slices of pork will attach naturally to

it. Preparing okonomiyaki on frying pan - soon ready to be flippedover. The thin slices of pork will attach naturally toit.

For the batter:

300 g flour (special okonomiyaki flour is best but pancake flour is OK too)

210 ml water

2 eggs

Cabbage

Possible ingredients

Katsuobushi*: Dried, shaved benito (katsuo)

Aonori*: Green, dried seaweed.

Leek or green onion

Beef: thinly sliced or ground

Pork: thinly sliced or ground

Chicken: breast filets

Octopus

Squid

Prawn

Tuna

Mushrooms

Sauces

Brown okonomiyaki sauce

Mayonnaise

Preparing okonomiyaki