Okonomiyaki Recipe: [ Ссылка ]
If you want to make your own tenkasu (tempura flakes), here's the recipe: [ Ссылка ]
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okonomi sauce: [ Ссылка ]
japanese mayonnaise: [ Ссылка ]
bonito flakes for the bonito powder: [ Ссылка ]
aonori (powdered seaweed): [ Ссылка ]
"Okonomiyaki" is literally translated into "whatever you like, grilled". Early versions of okonomiyaki have existed hundreds of years. However, the modern version that we are familiar with today gained much popularity during WWII when there were many food shortages. Things like rice were no longer readily available. So what the Japanese have to make use of what was available, which included vegetables and wheat flour. So they developed pancake and added fillings in order to make a nutritious meal.
There are two main varieties of Okonomiyaki that are most popular. One is the Osaka style where most of the ingredients are mixed into the batter and then cooked on the griddle. A lot of people would refer to it as Japanese style cabbage pancake. The Hiroshima style is where many of the ingredients are cooked separately and then placed on top of each other in layers, including the stir-fry yakisoba noodles in the middle.
