Okonomiyaki, sometimes called Japanese pizza or Japanese pancake, is one of the best dishes to make if you’re a beginner japanese cook. It exposes you to a lot of classic Japanese ingredients, but it is very easy to make well and is very flexible in terms of what you put in the okonomiyaki.
This recipe is inspired by my recent trip to Osaka (see link to my Osaka vlog below), and this particular style of okonomiyaki is a dish that Osaka is known for. It’s the perfect combination of salty-sweet-umami-creamy…yum!
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Pailin “Pai” Chongchitnant is the author of the Hot Thai Kitchen cookbook, co-host of a Canadian TV series One World Kitchen on Gusto TV, and creator and host of the YouTube channel Pailin’s Kitchen.
Pai was born and raised in southern Thailand where she spent much of her “playtime” in the kitchen. She traveled to Canada to study Nutritional Sciences at the University of British Columbia, and was later trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in San Francisco.
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I’ve been afraid to try this because I really don’t like mayonnaise. Can it be made without? Or would it be too salty
u don’t have Japanese mountain yam use okra
Making this for dinner if I can find special ingredients at Asian market!
hi Adam. I think picture style in main camera is changed from softy warmy to too sharp intense one.
This is like my favorite channel nowadays istg
IKA!!! Squid is wonderful in okonomiyaki. And I’ve always had them with pork.
Your videos inspire me to visit Asia once I graduate from college. Thank you for another great video!
Pailin, you are the absolutely the best. I love your recipes and videos.
And make mine vegan.
I’ve been obsessed with okonomiyaki since visiting Japan last year. It’s a Japanese food that really needs to be discovered in the rest of the world. I’ve made it a few times but you’ve got some great tips here I need to try! Did you get a chance to try Hiroshima style okonomiyaki? Instead of mixing the ingredients together they layer them and add noodles!!
T&T chain Supermarkets are the best places and they hire many local or mainland Chinese people.
The Japanese (or Chinese) yam is incredibly versatile and delicious. You can just steam it as your carbo, or cut it into cubes and slow-braise with beef or pork. BTW I think Korean markets have thin-sliced pork belly. Buying a whole pork belly and slicing it is fine too.
Looks so good! I want to try making it with cabbage, komatsuna, carrots and shredded leeks!
Okonomiyaki and takoyaki are my two favorites! :3
Hey Pai! Did you attend a Russel Peters show last year? I think I saw someone who looks like you in his new netflix special
Delishimoto!
Looks yummy, gotta run to grocer now. 🙂
I would love to try making this. I haven’t seen you use that skillet before. Is that a granite type skillet?
We like bacon in it
Don’t skip the nagaimo aka Chinese yam, it definitely makes a difference! So creamy and tender!
Takoyaki next with takoyaki sauce frm scratch plsss…
Wonderful video! Your perfect Okonomiyaki with yamaimo yum and bacons looks just gorgeous and yummy! I cook okonomiyaki almost the same way as yours. I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip in Osaka and those must-try Osakan foods. Ookini~! (*´∀`*)
nogaioyam textures same sticky as Vegetable Avigard in India but difference is Avigard look small as Potato shape. So can we use Avigard instead of Nagaioyam.
Osaka style or Hiroshima Okonomiyaki? I prefer Hiroshima style.
i remember seeing my aunt used to cut ladies finger into inch pieces and whisk it in a little water and with that the water gets all slimy and then she would strain and add that water to make the pancake mixture and this pancake is used to make Kunafa in Sri Lanka (it’s a cuisine found among Moor muslim community)
I tried to make okonomiyaki when SortedFood put up a recipe but it turned out an absolute mess. I’ll try this one, as I noticed there are differences 🙂
The Nagaimo yam in spanish are known as camotes del cerro. They could also be found in Mexican grocers. I think they might be seasonal but I would have to check in with my mom to be 100% sure
I think you could use cleaned and peeled Mexican nopales cactus paddles blended up as a replacement for the Mountain Yam, as the nopales has a very snotty texture and not much flavor.
I love to put ramen and crab surimi inside mine
Youtube doesn’t have a <3 react ;_; This video strikes close to home
a lot of sexual references xD
Absolutely LOVE this dish kha. Had it in Japan a long tme ago and still remember what it tastes like. Thank you for the recipe kha. I’m trying this one!