Takoyaki, Japanese Typical Crunchy Snacks
Snacks from Japan always tempting seafood with a distinctive flavor and the sauce is sharp, but legit.
One of the popular snacks is takoyaki, which form round balls containing octopus served with special sauce and a sprinkling of shredded fish.
^^ HISTORY
In the Taisho era has been found stunned the market stall that sells fried Choboyaki form of konnyaku flour with the contents of which is the forerunner of takoyaki. Choboyaki developed into Rajioyaki containing beef tendons and other parts of cheap meat. Confectionary called "rajioyaki" because of its round like a transistor radio buttons at the time.
In 1933, the stalls selling takoyaki named Aizuya rajioyaki Nikuyaki which is a variation of which is filled with beef. In 1935, Aizuya kiosk that takes the idea of Akashiyaki began to fill the octopus and eggs into the rajioyaki and called takoyaki.
Around 1965's, surprised the market stalls that sell takoyaki began to appear in the Kanto region. In the mid-1990s, Tokyo has a fever takoyaki takoyaki stall started by Kyōtako in the area called Shibuya. In the Kyushu region, the company named Hatchandō sell takoyaki is around but is now transformed into a company selling takoyaki as frozen food.
Around the year 2000, a kiosk called Gindako derived from the Tsukiji market, Tokyo successful with a number of stores opened branches all over Japan to make snack foods with a sense of takoyaki.
^^ characteristic
Takoyaki is usually sold as a hawker in the street to be enjoyed as a snack. Takoyaki is usually sold in sets with one set containing 5, 6, 8 to 10 pieces of takoyaki served on a boat-shaped plastic sheet or put in transparent plastic containers to take home. While there are common matsuri stalls selling takoyaki as tennis balls (jambotako) is a unit that sells takoyaki.
At first, takoyaki sold using bamboo prick with the contents of 3 pieces per skewer. Around the year 2000 can still be found a stall that sells takoyaki with bamboo prick in Aichi Prefecture, but now it is closed by reason of old age retailer.
Takoyaki prices can vary depending the region and stalls selling. One set contains 5-8 pieces of takoyaki regular priced between 200 yen to 400 yen. In the Kansai region, the price could be cheaper due to fierce competition among the houses in Osaka penjual.Setiap usually owned pan (pan) to make your own takoyaki at home. As the food of pride that is often used as a side dish to eat white rice, the people of Osaka are usually both women and men know how to make and bake takoyaki. Materials to make takoyaki available in full at the store. Takoyaki griddle is one of the household furniture to be awarded to the parents of girls who become brides.
Confidential material (such as baking powder) or pickled red ginger (benishōga) are often mixed into the dough. Sellers who likes to be creative sometimes add cheese or konnyaku into the takoyaki.
Sauce is usually used okonomiyaki sauce, although there are also specific to the takoyaki sauce that tasted not much different from the okonomiyaki sauce.
Takoyaki with a preferred local content (sometimes without the octopus) tried to be introduced in countries where the population was terrified to eat octopu
^^ kinds of takoyaki
Takoyaki plain
Do not use sauce, soy sauce flavor and is sometimes eaten with ponzu or coarse salt
Takoyaki (with sauce)
Plus a surface smeared with mayonnaise sauce, and katsuobushi aonori.
Takoyaki soy sauce
Surface smeared with soy sauce, often found in Nagoya and surrounding area
Akashiyaki (Tamagoyaki)
Confectionery from wheat flour diluted with lots of chicken eggs and dashi, served on a platter lined up like a cutting board and eaten with dipping into the soup base dashi.
^^ frying takoyaki
The types of pan (cookie sheet) based on the heat source:
Griddle for gas stove
Gas stove frying appliance following the one
Large skillet with a gas hose connections are used to sell takoyaki, while the mini size wok with gas in the tube can be used to make takoyaki at home
Additional electric hotplates with takoyaki pan
Electric grill for takoyaki
Automatic takoyaki grill
Takoyaki reversed by the vibrations in the pan so it does not need to be reversed and forth manually.
Takoyaki pans are usually made of cast iron takoyaki fried so not easy to overcook. Akashiyaki sellers typically use a skillet of bronze material but only a handful of sellers who want to use a takoyaki pan of bronze material.
Takoyaki be inverted by using a special tool with a rod of iron takoyaki-shaped wooden handle. When making takoyaki at home is usually used a similar tool called senmaidōshi which is used to punch something. $ 20bulat-shaped brush is also necessary to lubricate the concave dots on takoyaki pan.
^^ TAKOYAKI RECIPE
130 grams of high protein flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1.5 tsp sugar
1 egg
1.5 tsp instant dashi powder, dissolved in 300 ml of water
1/2 tsp salt
Material Content:
60 grams of minced baby octopus
2 tsp onion leaves
2 tsp ginger, finely chopped
2 tablespoons of cabbage, chopped finely
Method of Construction:
Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl and stir well. Add egg and dashi broth that has been dissolved in water. Mix well and knead to form a smooth dough. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise for about 30 minutes.
Grease a baking sheet with oil takoyaki, then reheat over low heat. Pour the dough in half and insert the two pieces of chopped baby octopus, a little pickled ginger, cabbage and leeks in the middle.
Once the dough begins to expand, roll in the opposite direction using a toothpicj. By itself the dough will form a circle as takoyaki mold.
If it looks solid, roll the sphere to be more evenly cooked and browned. Pick up dots and serve on a plate with a splash of takoyaki sauce, bonito flakes and dried mayonaisse.
^^ GOOD LUCK !!
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