octopus dumplings

ingredients:

• 5 ounces boiled octopus
• 1 egg
• 1 1/3 ounces red pickled ginger
• (beni-shōga) (optional)
• 1 1/3 ounces green onion
• or scallion (optional)
• 4 ounces all-purpose flour or cake flour
• 2 cups bonito soup stock or water
• 2 tablespoons oil

sauce:

• 1 1/2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey

topping (optional):

• suitable amount bonito flakes
• suitable amount green laver (ao-nori)
• suitable amount mayonnaise

step 1:

Cut the boiled octopus into 21 pieces. (First, see comment section below regarding pan size).

step 2:

If you want to use the green onion and red pickled ginger, chop them into small pieces.

step 3:

Beat the egg in large bowl. Add the flour and bonito soup stock (or water), and mix very well.

step 4:

Make the sauce in a bowl.

step 5:

Heat an electric takoyaki pan (available on Amazon.com) at 360 °F for 5 minutes.

step 6:

Soak a paper towel with the oil. Coat each mold and the entire surface of the pan with it.

step 7:

Pour the mixture (Step 3) over the entire pan. Add one octopus piece to each mold.

step 8:

Sprinkle the green onion and red pickled ginger (optional) over the entire surface of the pan.

step 9:

After the mixture around the molds begins to harden, push it onto the molds with a wooden or iron skewer.

step 10:

Cook about 5 minutes and turn over each takoyaki dumpling with the skewer.

step 11:

Cook the other side for about 5 more minutes.