Friday, November 6, 2009

okonomiyaki... Lentil as Anything





http://www.lentilasanything.com/
Lentil as Anything is a delightful vegetarian restaurant run as a not-for-profit community organisation. It is staffed primarily by volunteers and supports some amazing projects which you can read about here: http://www.lentilasanything.com/projects.htm
I recently ate there with a couple of girlfriends and had one of the greatest taste experiences of my life so far, no joke.  I highly recommend you venture to one of the Lentil as Anything restaurants, the St Kilda one is particularly charming.

Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancakes)
Ingredients (serves 4)
  • 3 cups of plain flour
  • 1/2 potato, peeled, grated
  • 5 eggs
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 green cabbage leaves, shredded
  • 100g bean shoots, trimmed
  • 6 green onions, sliced
  • 100g button mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons thick, sweet Japanese soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup thick whole-egg mayonnaise

Method

  1. Mix together flour, potato, 1 egg, a pinch of salt and enough water to form a batter the consistency of thickened cream. Add cabbage, bean shoots, green onions and mushrooms.
  2. Heat a little oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Spoon one-quarter of mixture per pancake into frying pan. Cook for 10 minutes.
  3. Make a hole in the middle of each pancake and crack an egg into the hole and cook a further 5 minutes.
  4. Turn pancake over and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until pancake is cooked through. Keep warm and repeat with remaining pancake batter and eggs.
  5. To make sauce: Combine soy sauce and mayonnaise. Serve pancakes with sauce.

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