Takoyaki's recipes, ingredients and cooking skills

Takoyaki's is usually glazed with Worcestershire sauce, commonly known as takoyaki sauce.

They also brushed with mayonnaise, then sprinkle it with something called aonori (laver or edible seaweed) and dried fish shavings.

Known variations of Octopus sauce include Goma-dare (sesame-and-vinegar sauce) or vinegared dashi, and the ponzu (soy sauce with dashi and citrus vinegar), but you can use your creativity and come up with your own recipe.

 

What Else Is In Takoyaki Apart From Octopus?

Takoyaki batter is a special mixture of flour, eggs and soup, which is already delicious.

Most importantly, it is also mixed with diced Octopus (or other meat and seafood, such as steak, shrimp, salmon, etc.), depending on the creativity of the chef, who will use meat to highlight the flavor of the takoyaki. Flavor), chopped onions or shallots, smallpox and pickled ginger.

OK, you may want to know what tenkasu is at this time, but you don't need to use Google because it's just crunchy crumbs in the chips of tempura's fried batter.

How amazing is that? Use the residue of another food as a seasoning / ingredient for other recipes. You can only find it in Japan!

Adding tenkasu can enhance the flavor of takoyaki, because it will give off spicy taste or smell.

In order to add more color to the takoyaki stew, red pickled ginger is added. When you bite into the takoyaki balls, it will give off a fresh taste.

 

You need other tools and skills to make takoyaki

If you haven't seen how to cook takoyaki, you may want to watch "how to make takoyaki sauce (recipe)" on YouTube:

You don't need a world-class chef to cook takoyaki; however, you need some skills and practice.

One of the things you need to remember when cooking takoyaki is how to turn the batter over correctly.

This is because if handled in the wrong way, the batter may turn into a shape other than a ball, and you will burn all the takoyaki.

It's a tricky job because the batter can crack and the uncooked part can come out in the whole pot rather than the whole mold, so it's necessary to have the skill of a chef to turn the batter over and place it perfectly where it belongs.

Bamboo or small metal strings should solve the problem, although you may still need to use your hands to help turn the takoyaki over successfully.

 

Seasoning and ingredients for takoyaki

If you don't dip in the takoyaki, you won't eat it.
It's similar to Osaka soy sauce, bringing the already delicious takoyaki to a new level.

The sauce is a mixture of usutah so Su, mentsuyu, tomato sauce and sugar. Although it is not as strong as Okonomiyaki sauce, it gives a sweet fruit flavor.

Takoyaki sauce is also coated with Japanese mayonnaise and drizzled seaweed and fish fillet.

They are available in Japan and most grocery stores in Asia or Japan.

Takoyaki is already a delicious dish. But without sauce and topping, you won't be able to enjoy the best taste.