Mar 2, 2009
Okonomiyaki on a Budget
Okonomiyaki for 100 yen? Even in the U.S. it would be hard to make a good okonomiyaki for as little as the equivalent in dollars, about $1.25 right now.
Over at 100yendinner, the lovely Kanmuri has posted her 100-Yen Okonomiyaki — precisely 93-yen actually — which even includes beef! That’s pretty luxurious in Japan. ^_^
Kanmuri’s 100-Yen Okonomiyaki Dinner:
Beef: 50¥
Cabbage: 25¥
Egg: 18¥
Total:93¥
- This is not the exact recipe for Okonomiyaki but it is my simpler version of it.
- In a bowl mix half a cup of flour with half a cup of water. Add an egg and mix well
- Mince cabbage (a little less than 1/5 of a whole cabbage) and add it to the mix.
- Put about a table spoon of olive oil in a fry pan. Add the mixture and fry the same way you would a pancake. Add thin slices of beef or pork on top.
- Once the the okonomiyaki starts to brown, flip it over and wait for the meat to be cooked.
- Transfer in a serving plate and add mayonnaise, okonomiyaki sauce and aonori (green seaweed flakes) and serve!
I noticed that flour and okonomiyaki toppings aren’t in the ingredient price list. I suppose it’s assumed that most people already have these on hand.
But the cost of a tablespoon of mayo and a half cup of flour wouldn’t jack the price up all that much. All totaled, maybe it would come to about 150 yen — still impressive.
Whether you buy your ingredients in yen, dollars, or pounds, go give Kanmuri’s recipe a try and tell us how it works out for you!
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