This is my first attempt at
Okonomiyaki!
(Literally means "Anything Grilled", if I remember correctly.)
Don't be fooled by the colors. I took these in the middle of eating. I was more focused on eating than I was on taking the picture, hence why I wasn't able to adjust the camera settings to something suitable for the lighting.
The dish came out quite well for my first attempt. I didn't follow just one recipe but rather a combination of two, as the flour and water ratio were different in both. I also used personal taste and measured it by 'sight'. If it looked about right, I stopped adding.
Besides the basic cabbage to the mix, I added carrots, mozzarella cheese and cooked chicken bits. Topped it off with tonkatsu sauce, bits of nori and bonito flakes. Such a basic recipe, but quite happy with how it came out! The challenge was making the batter a balance so that it wasn't too doughy, to the point it would resemble a pancake.
The cooking process itself was quite fun for me as well; I was immersed in the cooking and the feeling of accomplishing something, though a small accomplishment, still quite happy about it. Little things count. Finding things to make me feel good and happy. This is one of it, as it turns out.
And it was great cooking a dish I would have back home; a way to comfort myself on that aspect.
Over-all experience: Good de-stress activity, learning experience and a yummy dinner.
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