A+Taste+of+Japan+-+Okonomiyaki

=**Okonomiyaki? Itadakimasu!**= Source:shibuya246.com ||
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seafood, then fried and covered in all kinds of tasty sauces and toppings. ** Oishii! **
=The Recipe...=
 * ==** Okonomiyaki **==
 * ==== 1 cup flour ====
 * ==== 2/3 cup water ====
 * ==== 2 eggs ====
 * ==== 4 cups cabbage/leek or both ====
 * ==== Salt to season ====

**You can also add:**
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 * ==== bacon, mince or shrimps (pre cooked) ====
 * ==== grated potato (to help the mixture bind) ====

|| || ====** Sauce **====
 * ==== 3 Tablespoons Tomato sauce ====
 * ==== 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce ====
 * ==== 1 Tablespoon Soy sauce ====

** Toppings **

 * ==== Okonomi sauce ====
 * ==== Aonori (seaweed flakes) ====
 * ==== Katsuobushi (bonito flakes) ====
 * ==== Kyuupi mayonnaise (optional) ==== ||
 * Flour 粉 kona ||  Egg 卵 tamago  ||  Water 水 mizu  ||

Cabbage - kyabetsu || おいしい Delicious - oishii ||
 * キャベツ

**Let's begin ...**

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All the ingredients - some we've never tried before - dried bonito fish flakes, powdered seaweed....
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Washing our hands and the vegetables...
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Measuring out the //kona.//..
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Gradually add the //mizu// to the //kona// and whisk together.
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Finely chop up the leeks and //kyabetsu// and grate the potatoes...
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When the //kona// and //mizu// mixture is smooth, add the //tamago// and whisk it all together....
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Add the potato, leek, //kyabetsu//, meat and seafood...
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Mix it well and season with salt...
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Pour the mixture into a hot frying pan....
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Cook for 10 minutes or until bubbles form in the batter.
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Flip the //okonomiyaki// over when the bubbles begin to pop, then cook the other side...
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Mix the sauces together to suit your taste. You need enough sauce to spread over the top....
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other toppings you fancy....
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Cut the //okonomiyaki// into wedges...
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for this meal! (In Japan it is respectful to say //Itadakimasu// before eating a meal).
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**//Oishii!//**
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Some beautiful Japanese-style sweets to follow....
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//Arigato//, Motoko-san! We hope you like our gift!
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