How to Cook Japanese TAKOYAKI

Do you like Japanese Food?
i want to share with you one of their delicious food ,the TAKOYAKI
it is round in shaped kind a crispy outside and juicy inside..

luweeh's kitchen 

Takoyaki Recipe from Luweeh's Kitchen 

If you never heard or tried TAKOYAKI..Tako means octopus and YAKI means to fry or to grill..and made of flavored wheat flour based batter filled with some Japanese ingredients.
you can see them selling usually in festival season ..and of course everywhere ..
i heard that it's also popular in the Philippines, but never tried how they cook it ,what the ingredients they used and how it tastes like..excited to try on my next vacation.

I learned to eat Takoyaki when i met my husband (1986) at first i thought i can not eat them..and i learned to cooked it when my kids requested to make it at home that was 1990 ..

INGREDIENTS 
16 pieces Takoyaki balls ..3 cups flour for 2 cups water or adjust as it needed

12 to 14  pieces takoyaki balls 
2 cups takoyaki flour
1 egg
1 1/2 cup water and more 1/4 cup water..
1/4 cup chopped green onion /chives
boiled takoyaki ..sliced into small pieces or 1 cut bite size per takoyaki ball.
some amount of pickled salted ginger , cut in small pieces /beni shoga
tempura scraps / age dama /optional
dried small shrimps
1/2 tsp fish powder/optional

you can add some chopped cabbage
dried flakes squid
cheese
mochi

SAUCE and toppings
takoyaki sauce or tonkatsu sauce
mayonaise
dried sea weed powder
bonito flakes/katsuo bushi


tools you need..
2 barbecue stick ,or sharp thin tools for takoyaki making..
grilling plate for making takoyaki
some oil and brush


how to cook 
in a mixing bowl combine flour .beaten egg.fish powder and water..mix them all together
consistency should be liquidy not thick batter..

heat your takoyaki plate ...brush with oil all over
and pour the batter to fill the holes and put tako in each holes ,then scattered chives, ginger . dried shrimps ..don't disturbed in 3 minutes..

wait until turned to brown then turn each piece using the skewers ,stuffed the edges as you turn them in a nice round shape balls..
do it every pieces of each holes so that every balls cooked evenly .should be golden brown on all sides..try to eat one piece of takoyaki to know if it's already cooked .

then it's time to plate and brush or pour takoyaki sauce ,mayonnaise .sprinkle it with sea weed powder and bonito flakes on top

serve while it hot...enjoy...

video cooking here..

hope you like the recipe..

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CHICKEN TERIYAKI RICE BOWL by Luweeh's Kitchen

My Version of making Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowl or Donburi in Japanese..
why i said my version.? check it out..

INGREDIENTS..
2 pieces of Chicken Thigh
3 tbsp Kikoman Soy Sauce/or Light soy Sauce
3 tbsp MIRIN
1/2 tbsp Bonito Flakes or fish powder
1/2 tsp sesame oil
black pepper is according to your taste
adding ginger powder or garlic powder can gives good flavor too
or fresh onion..

Let's prepare the Teriyaki Sauce
in a cup or small bowl..Combine the 3 ingredients
Soy sauce,Mirin and fish powder ,set aside

if you're not worried of salmonella thing..you can cook your chicken in raw form directly to your heated skillet ..

in my new researched..i changed the style of my cooking when it comes to animal meat..i boil it first before i start to cook..you can skip this method ,and do what is easy for you..

Preparation and Procedure..
1..Give a quick boil about 1 to 2 minutes in enough water to cover your chicken in very high fire..
until you can see the scam flowing on top..then turn off the heat throw away the water and wash the chicken with cold water

2..in a clean frying fan put 3 tbsp of water and add the chicken..cover and simmer in medium heat until liquid forms to oil..
fry the meat until you get your desired crispiness.but don't fry too much. golden brown color is enough .

3..then add 3 tbsp of sugar into the fried chicken meat..caramelized the sugar by toss and turning the meat..when sugar is melted..

4.lift up your frying pan or turn off the heat..then pour the liquid mixture to the chicken and quickly move your frying pan ..to avoid burning the sauce..
and add 2 tbsp of water ,cover and simmer for 1 minute..
then adding some onion is fine too then cook for 1 minute again ..

if you like a little crispy chicken you can fry the chicken in a frying pan with some amount of sesame oil..fry in a seconds only might get burnt the skin of the chicken../or just skip this method ..

then just slice the chicken into a strips shape ,

5..then scoop some amount of rice to your rice bowl , drizzle with 1 tbsp of teriyaki sauce on top of rice..
and place the sliced chicken to cover the rice and adding any vegetable is fine to to give good combination and yummy presentation too.drizzle with some teriyaki sauce on top of the chicken again and sprinkle with toasted sesame seed and ready to serve...

enjoy..i hope you will try this recipe ...this is so delicious and everyone loves it..
if your'e vegetarian then sorry...

video cooking here..............