Pictorial: Okonomiyaki!

Pan-fried dish from Japan, posterchild for personal preference. [1]

ingredients

1 X cabbage (sliced)
1 X half chicken breast (sliced)
1 X egg
2 X green onion (chopped)
1 CUP flour
1 CUP carrot (julienned dressed with some lemon juice)
1 CUP water
1/2 CUP tinned tuna
1/2 CUP kimchi
2-4 TBSP mayonnaise
4 TBSP kikkoman teriyaki sauce
3 TBSP soy sauce
1 TBSP thai fish sauce
3 TBSP mirin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirin)
4-8 TBSP okonomisauce
2-4 TBSP katsuobushi
1-2 TBSP aonori



first the batter, mix egg+flour+soysauce+fishsauce+mirin,
add water while mixing until the viscosity is maple-syrup-like



let the batter rest for 15-30 min and pan-fry the teriyaki chicken in the meantime



right before the cooking, dress the shredded cabbage with batter, use the batter
like a salad dressing, the cabbage shouldn't drown, make sure that the batter
is somewhat sticking to the cabbage, it shouldn't drip down to the buttom of the
bowl, if it's too runny then add some flour to the remaining batter until the
viscosity is correct



heat pan(s) or hot-plate on low to medium, coat with very little oil,
spread some cabbage and top as you like



filling #1: tuna, kimchi, chili flakes and green onion



filling #2: teriyaki chicken, green onions and the julienned carrot



then another layer of batter'd cabbage



flip from time to time, slightly browning them



almost done





when done, serve topped with okonomisauce, mayo, aonori and katsuobushi



cut them in half for two kinds of filling on one plate and two servings