Octopus balls

Overview

Octopus balls, also known as takoyaki, are a famous snack originating from Osaka, Japan. Nowadays, in the streets and alleys of many cities in our country, there are some vendors pushing carts selling goods along the street. The carts are always crowded with children, big, small and half-grown. Although it is cooked and sold right away, looking at the batter, the indiscernible ingredients, and the dark sauce makes me feel uneasy. In my opinion, this thing is essentially similar to the dumpling pancake in the north - ingredients are added to the batter and fried. But just such a small meatball also embodies the characteristics of Japanese food, such as a variety of ingredients and a little bit of everything; the use of seafood; and the beautiful shape, unlike us who just spread out the pancakes. Learn to make it at home, find a recipe, and pay attention to the following points to make a very authentic taste - first, the batter. In addition to flour, the batter of authentic takoyaki should add yam powder or yam paste. Even the finished takoyaki powder sold on the market also has yam powder in its ingredients, which should be a major feature of takoyaki; Secondly, the seafood in the auxiliary ingredients should of course be fresh octopus. If you can't buy it, you can use squid, octopus, octopus and other octopus uncles with sucker whiskers instead. As long as it is fresh, there is not much difference in taste; I think the squid plate has the best taste; thirdly, it is the shape. To fry it into balls that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, you need a special takoyaki mold. I haven't seen any of them on the market, but after searching online, I found a lot of them. I really like eating them, so I'll give them a try. Otherwise, just fry it into pancakes. Finally, seasonings. The takoyaki itself has no taste, and the flavor depends entirely on the seasonings sprinkled on at the end, the most important of which is teriyaki sauce. You can go to the supermarket to buy it, or you can make it yourself (here’s how to do it). You can buy everything else, which is always better than what you get at a food stall.

Tags

• snacks
• common dishes
• foreign cuisine
• children
• afternoon tea
• japanese food
• beginning of summer
• banquet
• baking powder
• cabbage cubes
• clear water
• edible oil
• egg
• japanese teriyaki sauce
• low gluten flour
• muyu flower
• onion dices
• shredded seaweed
• squid pellets
• yam
• salad dressing

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash, peel and grind the yam into puree. If you don’t have this small tool, you can use a grater;

   

2. 2 After sifting the low-gluten flour, put it into a bowl together with yam paste and eggs;

   

3. 3 Add water and baking powder, stir evenly, and sift once;

   

4. 4 Pour the batter into a container with a spout (for easy pouring into the mold) and set aside to rest. At this time, you can prepare other materials;

   

5. 5 Wash the octopus (squid) (I used squid and had to tear off the skin), blanch it in boiling water for 10 seconds, take it out and let it cool;

   

6. 6 Octopus (squid) cut into pieces;

   

7. 7 Cabbage diced

   

8. 8 Dice the onion;

   

9. 9 Spread a layer of peanut oil evenly into the takoyaki mold;

   

10. 10 Heat the mold over high heat, turn to low heat, and pour the batter into the mold until it is about 8 or 9 minutes full;

    

11. 11 Sprinkle octopus (squid) dices, onion dices, and cabbage dices into each meatball in turn, and use a bamboo skewer to push the sprinkled ingredients into the meatballs;

    

12. 12 Fry over low heat for a while, use a bamboo skewer to gently pull the edges of the meatballs, and check to see if the bottom is condensed and hardened. Use a bamboo skewer to pick up the meatballs and turn them over to let the batter on top flow down;

    

13. 13 Turn the whole body over again, with the original bottom facing up, and the meatballs are formed;

    

14. 14 Continue frying, stirring the meatballs several times in the middle, so that the meatballs are evenly heated, until the tops and bottoms of the meatballs are golden;

    

15. 15 Pick out the meatballs and put them on a plate, first sprinkle with teriyaki sauce

    

16. 16 Sprinkle with salad dressing;

    

17. 17 Next is the shredded seaweed

    

18. 18 Finally, there are wooden fish flowers. The light and elegant wooden fish flowers dance gracefully under the influence of the heat of the meatballs——