Need Vegan or Vegetarian Takoyaki Recipe?!
Answers: Hi, I’m just getting into making Japanese food and came across a takoyaki pan. I don't eat octopus so Id like to find a vegetarian recipe (I'm vegan but its easy to make vegetarian recipes vegan if it has milk or egg in it). Everything I find online links to a non-existing website. Does anyone have the actual recipe not the link? Thank you.
Ingredients:
200g chopped boiled tofu
cooking oil
benishoga (pickled ginger) (to taste)
chopped negi (or scallions) (to taste)
tenkasu (or rice crispies) (to taste)
[Batter]:
450cc water
1 piece konbu (kelp), 10cm square
15g powdered katsuo-bushi (shaved dried bonito)
200g flour
2 eggs
[Sauce]:
commercial takoyaki sauce
or worcestershire sauce
or bulldog sauce
or mayonnaise (Best Foods or Hellman's)
Cooking time: 10-20 minutes
Servings: 50-60 pieces (4-5 persons)
Directions - batter
1. Clean the konbu by wiping it lightly with a cloth.
2. Cut the konbu into 2-centimeter-wide partial strips against the grain, but don't cut all the way to the edge -- see illustration.
3. Add the water and konbu to a pot, and cook uncovered over a slow fire.
4. Just before the water starts to boil, remove the konbu from the pot. The liquid should be a light yellowish or greenish color.
5. Add shaved katsuobushi to the water as it starts to boil.
6. After the liquid has been boiling a minute or two, turn off the heat.
7. Quickly remove the shaved katsuobushi from the liquid with a filter or strainer or cloth. Try to remove the katsuobushi while it's still floating on the surface, before it has a chance to sink.
8. Allow the liquid to cool, then add the liquid, flour and eggs to a bowl and mix.
Directions - takoyaki
Make a small test batch of 4 or 5 takoyaki at first, to check the consistency of the batter. Add more flour or water as needed.
1. Oil the takoyaki pan.
2. Add pieces of chopped tofu to each cup.
3. Pour in the batter.
4. Add benishoga, negi and tenkasu to taste.
5. Cook the takoyaki pieces until they achieve the desired degree of firmness, turning them over frequently.
6. Remove from the pan and serve with sauce and/or mayonnaise.
http://japanesefood.about.com/od/seafood...
thats a recipe for the actual dish and you can substitute mushrooms and tofu for the seafood according to my research. good luck!
I have made takoyaki without the tako (octopus) and they turned out well. You may substitute minced fish fillet, chopped shrimps, crabmeat, drained canned tuna. Or omit all the fish. Make sure you have a good sauce to make up for the flavor of the missing ingredient,
Tako is Japanese for octopus, so takoyaki without octopus is just .. well .. batter...
Try using mushrooms (shitake mushrooms have a "meaty" taste to it so it might work as a substitute)