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A video recipe on how to make Takoyaki (Japanese Octopus Dumpling Balls) from Cooking with Dog TV show.

Ingredients

Takoyaki Batter

1 Egg
340 ml Icy Water (1.437 u.s. cup)
1/2 tsp Granulated Dashi (1/4 tsp Kombu Dashi & 1/4 tsp Bonito Dashi)
1 tsp Soy Sauce
A Pinch of Salt
100g Soft Wheat Flour (3.527 oz)
150g Boiled Octopus (5 1/3 oz)
1/2 cup Tenkasu - crunchy bits of deep fried flour-dough
6g Beni Shoga - Pickled Ginger (1/5 oz)
2g Sakuraebi - Dried Pink Baby Shrimps (1/10 oz)
Okonomiyaki Sauce
Aonori - Green Laver
Hanakatsuo - Dried Bonito Flakes
2 Long Green Onions
Mayonnaise
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Once you have tasted fresh root wasabi you will never want to go back to the boring powder version.

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How to make Japanese Saikyo Yaki, a recipe from SBS Food Safari show. Hundreds of years old, this versatile marinade can be used for fish, poultry or beef.

Ingredients

4 fillets sea perch
1 cup saikyo miso
1 tbsp cooking sake
2 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp ginger, grated
½ clove garlic, grated
2 tbsp grapeseed oil

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A video recipe on how to make Japanese Norimaki, from SBS Food safari show.

Serving size: 6 rolls

Sushi Rice

Ingredients

4 cups koshihikari rice
120ml rice vinegar
2 ½ tbsp sugar
1 tspn salt

Directions

1. Wash rice well in cold water and soak in fresh water for 30 minutes.
2. Steam rice in a rice cooker. Cover with a damp cloth and leave to cool for 15 minutes.
3. Place rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a saucepan and stir over heat until sugar and salt dissolve.
4. Place into mixing bowl and pour evenly over the rice vinegar mixture. Mix in well with a cutting action, being careful not to squash the rice. Fan to cool.

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