[Takoyaki Recipe] How to easily make it with a home takoyaki machine

Interest in takoyaki is high thanks to a takoyaki trailer restaurant at Sinpo Market featured on the SBS entertainment program 'Baek Jong-won's Alley Restaurant.' Takoyaki is made by putting finely chopped octopus into flour batter, cooking it in a takoyaki machine, and then topping it with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, and katsuobushi. You can also easily make takoyaki at home.

How to make takoyaki

Takoyaki ingredients: 110g takoyaki powder, 1 cup (200ml) water, 1 egg, 50g boiled octopus, 1 cabbage leaf, 3 stalks of green onion, 1 tbsp cooking oil

Sub-ingredients: 5g katsuobushi, 3 tbsp takoyaki sauce, 3 tbsp mayonnaise

Substitute for takoyaki sauce: tonkatsu sauce

1. Put the takoyaki powder, egg, and water in a bowl and mix well to make the takoyaki batter.

2. Finely chop the cabbage and thinly slice the green onions. Cut the octopus into 1cm cubes.

3. Brush cooking oil onto the heated takoyaki pan and fill the molds about halfway with batter.

4. Add the octopus, cabbage, and green onions, then pour in more batter to fill the mold.

5. Use a skewer to flip the pieces while cooking until they are golden brown and round.

6. Place them on a plate and top with katsuobushi, takoyaki sauce, and mayonnaise to finish.

Tips for making takoyaki

When making takoyaki at home, takoyaki pans—also known as home takoyaki machines—are available on the market at affordable prices, making it easy to make takoyaki using a home machine.

[FamTimes = Reporter Sora Jeong]