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Japanese Pancakes… Vegan Style!

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I have been off base lately because I’m normally into making Asian recipes and I’ve been doing other ones but now I’m back on track!

There is a pancake in Japan called Okonomiyaki. But in America they call it Japanese pancakes or Japanese pizza.

Everytime I went to Japan this was one of my favorite must have dishes. Of course being Japanese I LOVE Japanese foods and Okonomiyaki was one of them. Unfortunately there were no Vegan recipes for this dish and if there were it was super complicated. So I came up with my own and it came out AMAZING!

I like to keep my recipes as simple as possible.

Prep time & Cook time: Depends on your speed.

Ingredients: 

  • 1 cup Okonomiyaki Flour

  • (in case you are very strict and want to know what is in the flour I also took a picture of its ingredients)

  • 3/4 cup of water
  • half a head of shredded cabbage
  • 2 pc green onion (optional)
  • for egg substitution 6 Tbsp “Aquafaba” (chickpea water from the can)
  • (recipe calls for 2 eggs and 3 Tbsp of Aquafaba equals 1 egg)

    Okonomiyaki Sauce & Topping:

  • 4 Tbsp Ketchup
  • 2 Tbsp Soy sauce of your choice
  • Vegan Mayo
  • Furikake (optional)

Instructions:
First take 1 cup of the Okonomiyaki flour and pour it into a bowl.
Next strain the Chickpea water from the can and put 6 Tbsp of that into the bowl along with the flour.
Dump your 3/4 cup of water into the bowl and start mixing. DO NOT mix it until the batter is creamy mix it so that there are still some lumps in there but not powder.
Then cut your head cabbage into halves and shred one of the halves.
This is optional and I didn’t do it but you can take your green onion chop that and stick it into the batter along with the cabbage. Mix it well into the batter so that all of the cabbage has been submerged into the batter. (small tip.. too much cabbage in the batter will ruin the pancake when you cook it)

Heat your pan up and put 3 Tbsp oil of your choice. (Remember the amount of oil depends on how big your pan is) My pan is very small so 3 Tbsp works.Then cook it as you would if you were making regular pancakes. Cook until the edges are crispy and both sides are golden brown and the inside is well done.

Now for the Sauce
It’s sauce so its pretty much explanatory.
Take a small bowl and mix 4 tbsp of Ketchup and 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce of your choice. Mix it so that it is well blended and to your taste.

Now that all of that is done put your Pancakes on a plate and season as you desire. As you can see in the picture I was a little creative but It goes very good with the Vegan Mayo on top and I sprinkled a little bit of Furikake on there as well. (Furikake is a nori seasoning) (Another tip DO NOT mix the Vegan mayo into your sauce mix… yuck)

I hope that you guys enjoy this vegan recipe of Japanese pancakes. it wasn’t easy to figure out but it tasted just like the one from home “Japan”.