
Okonomiyaki with mussels
Japanese savory pancake with mussels marinated in dashi and sesame.Ingredients
500gMussels
1units.itemsGarlic
20gFresh ginger
100mlMirin
100mlGomadare sesame dashi sauce
160gself-raising flour
5gBaking powder
5gSalt
5gSugar
160mlcold dashi broth
400gfinely sliced pointed cabbage
4units.itemsSpring onion
40gTenkasu
4units.itemsEggs
50gbacon
50mlokonomiyaki sauce
500mlKewpie mayonnaise
500gkatsuobushi
50gharinoi seaweed paper-thin
Preparation
- Roughly chop the garlic and ginger.
- Sauté them and deglaze with the mirin.
- Add the mussels and cook for 3 minutes.
- Shake them once and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Drain the mussels.
- Remove them from the shell.
- Marinate the mussels in the dashi sesame sauce.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, dashi stock, and eggs into a smooth batter.
- Cut the pointed cabbage, spring onion, and bacon into fine julienne. Mix these into the batter.
- Then add 100 grams of the cooked mussels.
- Heat a pan.
- Put ¼ of the batter in the pan.
- Bake golden brown in about 4 minutes.  
- Arrange the marinated mussels on the pancake.
- Finish with harinori, tenkasu, katsuobushi, and some fresh flowers and herbs.


