How to make Monjayaki
Hey guys!
I'm sure a lot of you know about Okonomiyaki already.
But.... Do you know what Monjayaki is?
They are similar to Okonomiyaki, but their doughs are more liquidy,
and we make them in a total different way as well.
Today, I am going to teach you how to make Monjayakis, and I will post
some pictures I took when my husband and I went out for some Monjayakis the other day.
We cook Monjayakis on the "teppan", the hot pan/hot plate, and we use two spatulas (they are called "hera")
to make them.
Here are the pictures of the Monjayaki we ordered, the pork Monjayaki with cheese,
Alright we are ready to cook!
1) Spread oil on the hot pan widely, so the ingredients does not stick.
We got lard at the restaurant we went, but most Monjayaki restaurants has a bottle of oil
on the table for you to use.
2) Take the ingredients out from the bowl and put them on the hot pan.
Make sure to leave the liquid in the bowl. We will use the liquid later on.
3) Chop the ingredients into very small pieces, using spatulas.
4) Make the ingredients into a shape of a circle when you are finished chopping.
5)Make a hole in the middle of the circle.
6)Pour the liquid into the hole, and wait for it to simmer.
*Do not pour all of the liquid in the hole if it might overflow.
If you have liquid left in the bowl, wait for the liquid on the pan to simmer, and repeat steps 3-6
until you use all of the liquid.
7) Mix the ingredients on the pan with the spatulas.
We added Aonori (blue/green seaweed) and the crispy noodle snacks here, before mixing,
so they still would be crispy when we start eating.
Yay! Now we are ready to eat!
We use these cute little spatulas to eat Monjayaki.
We take a small amount of the Monjayaki, and slowly slide them on the pan.
When the dough sticks, you can eat it! Yay!
It's better if you keep mixing the dough, maybe every 3-5 minutes, so that dough will not be burnt
right after you start eating. But when you are about to finish eating, I recommend you to leave the dough for a while and make the burnt spots on purpose. These burnt spots are called "Okoge",
and a lot of Japanese people like them.
If you are interested in Monjayaki, come visit Tsukishima district of Tokyo, where there's a lot of Monjayaki restaurants!
Okay this would be it for today.
Thanks for reading!
Bye :D
