But the party went fantastic! We all had fun eating my home-made Okonomiyaki and Maccha ice cream with Shiratama Dango (Rice cakes).
What is Okonomiyaki?? It is a Japanese style cabbage pancake.
It's not sweet.
You put mayo, sauce, and bonito flakes on top of it.
"Okonomi" means "as you like", and "yaki" means "fry", so literally you can put anything you like in it :)
My suggestions are cabbage, pork belly, squid, cheese, Kimchi, mochi, green onion, bean sprout.
This time, I only put cabbage and pork belly and cheese.
Here is my recipe.
Ingredients (for 5 adults)
Eggs 7
Flour 500ml
Baking powder 1tbs
Bonito powder (Tuna broth called "Dashi" in Japanese) 1tbs (you can go without this, but tastes much better with it)
cabbage 3/4
water 500ml approx.
pork belly (sliced)
shredded cheese (I recommend cheddar cheese )
1. Mix eggs, flour, BP, Bonito powder in a bowl.
2. Add water. ( don't add the whole water! Just add half and mix, then add little by little until the mixture gets pancake thickness)
3. cut cabbage in little pices (approx 1in square, doesn't have to be square though) and add them in the bowl and mix.
4. Heat the pan in medium heat and put pork belly first (lots of oil come out from pork belly so you don't need oil), then put mixture on top and fry with a lid on.
5. Fry until it's get nice brown color. Then just before you flip it, I put shredded cheese on top.
6. Fry the other side (with lid on for a while and off for a last minute so the surface gets crispy) and you are done!
7. Put Mayo, Japanese Tonkatsu or Okomomi or Bulldog(it's just a product name, it doesn't contain dogs..lol) sauce, and Bonito flakes (Katsuo-bushi is what it's called).
Yum!
Email me for any questions!
And at the party, I also showed everybody my newbies.
Here are some new stuff I made for fall and winter.
These are neck warmers for kids and adults.
It stretches a little bit so it fits everybody.
I like neck warmers because they are compact and don't flopping around like scarves do.
Mine are made out of 2 layers of fleece so it's warm and soft.
I used fluffy fleece for the inside layer for extra warmth and cuteness :)
Most of the time I spent to make these pieces went to do this cute applique, but they are necessary!!!
A mushroom, an anchor, a leaf, a car and a heart :)
Applique make good focal points.
I am also working on new fleece hats for both kids and adults (I will make 2 sizes).
Hopefully I can bring them to the next Handmade Mafia.
It's getting cold real quick here!
So much pleasure to work on warm fabrics!
