8 Easy, Practical, and Delicious Ways to Make Takoyaki Like a Japanese Restaurant

Kapanlagi.com - Takoyaki is a snack that originated from Japan but is popular in Indonesia. Its delicious taste and resemblance to martabak with a combination of flour, eggs, octopus, and scallions make this dish suitable for the Indonesian palate. Making takoyaki turns out to be not as difficult as expected.

For culinary enthusiasts, takoyaki is quite familiar as it is popular with various variations. In its home country, Kansai, Japan, takoyaki is a snack in the form of balls served with mayonnaise sauce and katsuobushi. In Indonesia, takoyaki is easily found in Japanese restaurants with various creations. However, takoyaki is also often sold during certain food festivals that have many fans.

Takoyaki is processed by frying using a special mold that is round like balls. Made from flour, eggs, scallions, and sliced octopus, this light snack is very delicious to consume. Making takoyaki is actually very easy to practice at home with affordable ingredients and guaranteed quality.

So how do you make takoyaki?

Here are several points below on how to make takoyaki that you can easily practice at home as delicious as Japanese restaurants. Here is a recipe and how to make takoyaki summarized from various sources.

1. Practical Way to Make Takoyaki

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As previously discussed, it turns out that making takoyaki at home is quite easy with affordable recipes and ingredients. Here is a practical and easy way to make takoyaki as reported by @elleanoor.xaviera.

Takoyaki Ingredients:

- 200 grams of medium protein flour.

- 50 grams of all-purpose seasoning flour.

- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.

- 1 tablespoon of powdered milk.

- 1/2 teaspoon of double-acting baking powder.

- 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar.

- 2 eggs.

- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

- 600 ml of broth.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, prepare all the ingredients and then mix the flour, all-purpose seasoning flour, cornstarch, powdered milk, baking powder, granulated sugar, eggs, soy sauce, and finely ground broth evenly.

- After that, cover the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for about an hour. Prepare to pour the dough into a bowl.

- Next, heat the takoyaki mold and pour the dough.

- Then, add some toppings such as cabbage, scallions, and cooked octopus until cooked.

- Pour the dough gradually to form balls.

- Flip until cooked.

- Then, remove from heat and serve with sauce and mayonnaise.

2. How to Make Vegetable Takoyaki

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Usually, takoyaki is topped with octopus, but you can also add vegetables such as carrots and cabbage. Here is the recipe for vegetable takoyaki as reported by brilio.net.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 175 grams of all-purpose flour.

- 2 eggs.

- 150 grams of milk.

- 1/2 tsp of salt.

- 1/2 tsp of pepper.

Takoyaki filling:

- 1 egg, beaten.

- 150 grams of panko breadcrumbs.

- 1 carrot, diced.

- 2 stalks of green onions, finely chopped.

- 50 grams of cabbage, finely chopped.

- Cooking oil.

- Takoyaki sauce.

- Mayonnaise.

- Katsuobushi for garnish.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, prepare the ingredients and mix the flour, eggs, salt, and pepper until well combined.

- Gradually add milk and mix until thick and smooth.

- Heat the takoyaki mold, grease it with oil, and pour the batter into each cavity about 3/4 full.

- Add carrot, green onions, and cabbage. Flip the batter with a skewer, then add more takoyaki batter to form round balls.

- Remove from the mold and coat the takoyaki with beaten egg and panko breadcrumbs, making sure they are evenly coated.

- Fry the takoyaki again in hot oil until cooked through.

- Arrange on a plate with sauce and katsuobushi.

3. How to Make Shrimp Takoyaki

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Shrimp takoyaki can be a choice of homemade snacks with a delicious taste. The following is the recipe and how to make shrimp takoyaki as quoted from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 200 grams of medium protein flour.

- 20 grams of cornstarch.

- 3 teaspoons of dashi powder.

- 3 teaspoons of soy sauce or soy sauce.

- 2 eggs.

- 2 teaspoons of salt.

- 2 teaspoons of sugar.

- 800 ml of water.

Filling ingredients:

- 10 fried shrimp, cut aside.

- Cabbage, thinly sliced.

- Scallions, thinly sliced.

Topping ingredients:

- Mayonnaise.

- Bull dog sauce.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, fry the shrimp with a little oil until cooked but not too cooked to avoid being tough.

- After that, mix the wet dough such as dashi powder, salt, sugar, and water, stir until well combined. Add eggs and stir again until well combined.

- Then, add the wet dough into the dry dough such as wheat flour and cornstarch. Mix well until the dough is liquid.

- Strain the dough to prevent lumps.

- Then, heat the takoyaki mold, grease it and pour the dough into the mold.

- Add shrimp, cabbage, and scallions. Shape the dough into balls. Cook until golden brown.

- Remove from heat and serve takoyaki with mayonnaise and bull dog sauce.

4. How to Make Moringa Takoyaki

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Moringa takoyaki has become one of the popular new creations of snacks, as a recipe and how to make it as follows quoted from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 200 grams of wheat flour.

- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.

- 1 egg.

- 450 ml of milk.

- 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.

- 1 teaspoon of broth powder.

- 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

- 1 handful of moringa leaves, finely sliced.

- 50 grams of grated carrots.

- 1 stalk of green onions.

- 4 sausages, cut as desired.

Topping ingredients:

- Chili sauce.

- Mayonnaise.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, mix the ingredients such as flour, cornstarch, broth powder, pepper, salt, baking powder, stir until smooth, then add the egg and stir again.

- Then pour the liquid milk little by little, stir again until smooth.

- Add the sliced moringa leaves, carrots, stir again until evenly distributed.

- Let the dough rest for 15-20 minutes.

- Heat the takoyaki mold, then brush with margarine. Pour 1 tablespoon of the dough and add the filling, cook until half cooked.

- Then tilt the dough and pour another 1/2 tablespoon, turn it to make it round.

- Cook over low heat, remove and serve with other topping ingredients.

5. How to Make Takoyaki Telur Pare

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Eggs and bitter melon are deliciously combined for tasty takoyaki snacks like the recipe below. Here's how to make takoyaki as quoted from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 1 bitter melon.

- 2 eggs.

- 1 slice of sliced beef sausage.

- 1 small piece of shredded chicken, then chopped.

- 3 shallots.

- 1/2 tsp powdered pepper.

- 1 tbsp salt.

- 1 tsp granulated sugar.

- 3 spring onions, thinly sliced.

- 1 tsp oyster sauce.

- 2 tbsp instant tempura flour.

- 1/2 tsp salt.

- 1/2 tsp powdered broth.

Takoyaki sauce ingredients:

- 4 tbsp tomato sauce.

- 1/2 tsp soy sauce.

- 1/2 tsp oyster sauce.

- 1/2 tsp granulated sugar.

- 2 tbsp water.

Topping ingredients:

- Mayonnaise.

- Sliced spring onions, for garnish.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, cut the bitter melon in half, then thinly slice. Then boil the bitter melon with granulated sugar until the sugar is absorbed into the bitter melon, lift and drain.

- Add salt, squeeze the bitter melon until wilted. Then rinse again.

- After that, prepare the eggs, add pepper, powdered broth, salt and mix well. Add tempura flour and mix again until well blended.

- Then sauté the shallots until fragrant, add the bitter melon, beef sausage and shredded chicken.

- Add a little water and add oyster sauce.

- After that, add it to the egg and flour mixture, add powdered broth and salt. Adjust the taste.

- Heat the takoyaki mold, pour 2 tbsp of the batter and add sliced spring onions. Then shape it into a ball using a toothpick.

- Then cook until done.

- Prepare the sauce ingredients and mix all the ingredients, add water and cook until done.

- Finally, serve takoyaki with sauce and sliced spring onions.

6. How to Make Takoyaki Mie

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Takoyaki can also be made using noodles as the main ingredient. Here is the recipe and how to make takoyaki mie as follows taken from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- Some egg noodles.

- Finely grated carrots.

- Thinly sliced cabbage leaves.

- Thinly sliced celery.

- Thinly sliced green onions.

- Wheat flour.

- Salt.

- Seasoning.

- Chicken broth.

- White pepper.

- Coriander.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, boil the noodles until half-cooked.

- Then mix all the ingredients until well combined.

- Next, prepare a takoyaki mold and pour the batter to cook until done.

- Serve with sauce and other ingredients.

7. How to Make Sausage Takoyaki

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The combination of sausage and this light snack is also delicious, as shown in the recipe below. Here's how to make sausage takoyaki, as quoted from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 3 pieces of beef sausage.

- 200 grams of wheat flour.

- 50 grams of rice flour.

- 1 tsp salt.

- 1 tbsp totole.

- Black pepper.

- Parsley leaves.

- 3 stalks of celery, thinly sliced.

- 1 tsp oregano.

- 1 egg.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, mix the rice flour and add totole, oregano, black pepper, egg, parsley, celery, and salt, stir until well combined.

- Heat the mold, grease it with oil, and put the sausage into the mold.

- Then pour the batter and flip it with a toothpick until it forms balls.

- Serve with mayonnaise sauce for a more delicious taste.

8. How to Make Matcha Takoyaki

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Matcha takoyaki, like the recipe below, is so interesting and appetizing. Here's how to make takoyaki and the process, as quoted from cookpad.com.

Takoyaki ingredients:

- 200 grams of flour.

- 2 tablespoons of sugar.

- 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.

- 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

- 2 eggs.

- 1/2 teaspoon of fermipan.

- 2 tablespoons of melted butter.

- 3 sachets of matcha drink.

- 1 sachet of condensed milk.

- 350 ml of water.

Filling ingredients:

- Cheese, cut into squares.

- Dcc, cut into squares.

How to make takoyaki:

- First, mix the dry ingredients, and dissolve the matcha powder with water, stir until evenly distributed.

- Add it to the dry ingredients.

- Beat the eggs, then add them to the dough.

- Add condensed milk, melted butter, stir again until evenly distributed.

- Let it sit for 1 hour.

- Then heat the takoyaki mold, and pour the batter.

- Cook until done, remove and serve with mayonnaise sauce.

So those are 8 easy, practical, and delicious ways to make takoyaki like a Japanese restaurant. Enjoy trying it, KLovers.

(kpl/nlw)