Takoyaki

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Takoyaki is a popular Japanese food made from flour and octopus. The name means “octopus-fry”. It is usually eaten as a snack. It is most popular in the Kinki, Japan area of Japan. Osaka is very famous for takoyaki, and has many takoyaki shops. People often eat takoyaki with toothpicks in the Kinki area.

[change] How To Make Takoyaki

First, mix flour and egg with water to make dough. It is important the dough is not too thick but not too watery. Second, pour the dough into a takoyaki pan. Third, put a piece of cut, boiled octopus into each of the holes of the takoyaki pan. Also, put pickled ginger, and tenkasu (deep-fried flour dough). Fourth, turn the dough as it cooks to make a ball-shape. Finally, once cooked, put takoyaki sauce, katsubushi (dried fish flakes), and aonori (green laver) on the takoyaki. Some people also put mayonnaise on it.