Takoyaki ( Japanese た こ 焼 き or 蛸 焼 Takoyaki ) - a popular Japanese dish, balls of batter with a filling of boiled octopus and other ingredients ( green onions , tenkasu , ginger , etc.). Takoyaki are fried in a special pan with hemispherical recesses and served several each in an elongated plate or, in fast food , in a flat box of food cardboard, usually covered with takoyaki sauce ( Japanese. た こ 焼 き ソ ー ス ) (similar to tonkatsu sauce or okonomiyuki and thickened version of Worcester sauce ), mayonnaise and aonori seasoned with tuna shavings and seasoned with shavings. Takoyaki are considered a stereotypical street snack in Osaka (where they were invented) and Western Japan in general, although recently they have gained nationwide popularity.
| Takoyaki | |
|---|---|
| た こ 焼 き | |
| Included in national cuisines | |
| Japanese food | |
| Place of origin |  Japan |
| Components | |
| The main | Flour , Egg , Octopus |
| Possible | Vegetables |
Content
History
Takoyaki was first invented in Osaka in 1935 by a street chef named Tomekichi Endo [1] under the influence of a similar akashiyaki dish, also with octopus filling, but with lots of eggs in the dough. Takoyaki quickly gained popularity among street vendors working with yatai mobile stalls, [1] and then in the kitchen of izakai beer and snack bars as an inexpensive, light and satisfying snack.
Cooking
The dough for takoyaki is made from ordinary bakery or confectionery (low protein) flour, ice water and eggs, in a proportion of 1.25 glasses of water and 1 egg per 100 grams of flour, and seasoned with salt , dashi and soy sauce to taste. [2] The fillings can be extremely varied, but usually include boiled octopus tentacles (usually with a piece of suction cup), as well as hot vegetables like onions or green onions, ginger or hot peppers . [2] [1] Also, the filling may include young beans and other greens, crumbs of dough for tempura (tenkasu), dried shrimp, etc. To prepare takoyaki, a special frying pan with hemispherical recesses is used, which is lubricated with vegetable oil before use. After this, the recesses are filled with batter by about 2/3, the filling is placed in their middle, and an additional portion of the dough is added so that the pan is completely covered with it. [3] When the dough is set, the individual donuts are turned over with a special pin or simply with a toothpick 90 °, so that the soft dough is in the recess of the pan. After that, they continue to turn over in the recesses until they get a golden brown crisp - then they are ready to serve. [3]
Frying pan for cooking takoyaki
Homemade Takoyaki Cooking
Cooking process
Takoyaki with Worcester sauce and mayonnaise .
Takoyaki with daikon
See also
- Okonomiyaki
- Yakisoba
- Sukiyaki
Links
- ↑ 1 2 3 Takoyaki - Icon of Osaka
- ↑ 1 2 Error in footnotes ? : Invalid
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