An Osaka Specialty: Ika-yaki (Squid Pancakes)
- 100 grams - 180 grams Squid
- 140 grams Cake flour
- 10 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 5 grams Katakuriko
- 1 tsp Dashi stock granules
- 200 grams Water
- 1 Vegetable oil
- 1 Okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce
- Slice the body of the prepped squid into rounds, then cut into 1cm dice.
- Combine the flours, dashi stock granules, and water, and mix until it's slightly sticky (meaning the gluten in the flour has formed).
- Add the squid to the batter, and leave for at least 30 minutes.
- If the batter becomes too firm, add a little water so that it's the consistency of crepe batter.
- Add oil in a pan, and pour in the batter (You can add an egg here to upgrade the pancake to a deluxe version.)
- When one side is browned, turn the pancake over.
- Cook the other side while pressing down hard on the pancake with your spatula.
- When the pancake is cooked, spread the combined okonomiyaki and takoyaki sauces, fold in half and press.
- If you add too much squid, the pancakes will be hard to cook.
- I'm not too good at cooking these myself.
- If you're not used to making pancakes, try cooking one with just a little squid added to the batter.
flour, bread, katakuriko, granules, water, vegetable oil, takoyaki sauce
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170718-an-osaka-specialty-ika-yaki-squid-pancakes (may not work)