Wednesday, November 11, 2009

"As You Like It" Pancake 11/12/09

Ingredients(Batter for 6 servings; Fillings for 1 serving)
〈For making batter〉
・2 and 2/3 oz hakurikiko flour
・7/8 oz Chinese yam
・3 and 1/3 oz stock (dried bonito)
〈Fillings〉
・1 egg
・2 thin slices pork belly
・3 and 1/2 oz cabbage
・ao-negi onion
・Bits of deep-fried tempura batter
・Beni-shoga red pickled ginger
・Dried bonito flakes
・Green laver
・Okonomi sauce (Thick Japanese-style Worceter sauce)
・Mayonnaise
・Vegetable oil

1. Rinse the cabbage and ao-negi onion in cold water, and cut the formar into julienne strips, and the latter using the edge cut technique. Peel the Chinese yam, and grate. Chop the beni-shoga [A]. Cut one of the pork belly slices into 1/16-inch wide pieces.
2. Place the flour, stock and grated Chinese yam in a bowl, and mix well to make batter.
3. Add the cabbage, ao-negi onion, beni-shoga, pork, bits of deep-fried tempura batter and egg to the bowl, and mix well.
4. Heat the hot plate to 400゜F, and add some vegetable oil. Pour the batter mixture prepared in 3. above onto the plate, place the other slice of pork on top of it and sprinkle on the dried bonito flakes. Heat about 3 minutes.
5. Turn the pancake [B], and heat about 5 min. Reverse again, and heat for about 5 min. Reverse again, and heat for about 3 min. Reverse again.
6. Spread the okonomi sauce all over the surface facing up. Put on some mayonnaise, and sprinkle on the green laver.

Did you get it? Here are my questions for you:)
1. What are "the formar" and "the latter"?
2. What is Chinese yam in Japanese?
3. Choose one word for the [A].
a. nicely
b. finely
c. slowly
4. Do you remember the word for [B]?
5. Tell me how to say キムチ in English.

Thank you for coming, Nozomi, Tomoka, Saki, Mina, Miki and Yasuko!! I hope you can get all answers. See you again:]

Mariko

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