Ingredients

  • flour ........................................... 2 cups
  • dried bonito soup (without salt) ................ 2 cups
  • baking powder ................................... a pinch
  • salt ............................................ a pinch
  • mountain yam .................................... 5 g (if available)
  • chopped cabbage ................................. 4 handfuls
  • egg ............................................. 4
  • small pieces of deep-fried batter ("agedama").... 1 tbs
  • red pickled ginger root ("beni-shohga") ......... 1 tbs
  • sweet Worcestershire sauce ("Tonkatsu sause + Ustah sauce")
  • dried bonito flakes ("katuobushi flakes")
  • green seaweed flakes ("ao-nori")
  • mayonnaise
  • mustard

Method

  • 1. Mix salt and baking powder with flour, and sift it into a big bowl.
  • 2. Pour a little soup at a time, mixing.
  • 3. When fully mixed, cover the bowl and set it aside for 1--3 hrs.
  • 4. Grind yam and fold into the batter.
  • 5. Add chopped cabbage, small pieces of deep-fried batter,
  • red pickled ginger root, eggs, and other ingredients at your
  • own risk.
  • 6. Divide the mixture into 4 and spread it into 20 cm diameter
  • on a heated thick iron plate.
  • 7. Cook it until the edge becomes dry.
  • 8. When small holes appear on the surface and the bottom
  • browns, turn it over.
  • 9. After the inside is almost baked, press it evenly.
  • 10. When the inside is baked enough, turn it over again.
  • 11. Spread sweet Worcestershire sauce on it,
  • and sprinkle green seaweed flakes and dried bonito flakes over it.
  • 12. Serve with favorite spices such as mayonnaise or mustard.