Takoyaki

Ingredients:

Batter:

1 1/2 c flour
2 eggs
2 c vegetable stock/shrimp stock

Filling:
octopus, lightly cooked and chopped into bite size pieces

fried batter bits or Rice Crispies, slightly crumbled
dried shrimp, chopped
green onions, finely chopped
fresh ginger, finely shredded

-Other Options for the Filling-
Cabbage, finely shredded and chopped
Carrot, finely shredded and chopped
Radish, finely shredded and chopped
Shrimp, lightly cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces
Mussels, lightly cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces
Scallops, lightly cooked and cut into bite-sized pieces

Garnish:
Mayo, optional
ai nori (you can make this by powdering some sushi sheets in a food processor), optional
Worcestershire sauce or ketchup or barbecue sauce, optional

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 F. Heat muffin tin in preheated oven.

Beat batter ingredients together. You want to get a slightly thicker consistency than with traditional balls.

After oven and tin are preheated, carefully oil small muffin tin.

Fill muffin cups halfway with batter. Add whichever filling options you’ve prepared and top off half-filled muffin cups with batter.

Bake in preheated for 17 minutes,check every seven minutes.

Bake till top are golden brown and puffed up.

Remove from oven and let it cool for 6 minutes.

Add garnishments and serve immediately.

*if you are using ordinary muffin pan bake it for 45 minutes.*

Another suggested method: ( I Suggest )

Cook it by using a frying pan. Just use a small cookie cutter (make sure its stainless and not plastic. so, it can withstand the heat) as a molder. Like this,


The smaller the better. So you can make it bite-size like the original. The shape may not turn out like the traditional one. but, it's good enough to try. Don't you think? And you might also need lots of cookie cutter so you may cook it in big batches. *-*