Pinoy Style Takoyaki - Filipino Chow

Ingredients

• 4 cups of all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons of dashi powder
• 4 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 liters of water
• 100 ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup of tomato ketchup
• 1/2 cup of oyster sauce
• 1/4 cup of worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup of honey
• 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon of sugar (optional)
• Cabbage
• Spring onions
• Kewpie Japanese mayo
• Pork Floss
• Combine the 4 cups of flour, salt, dashi and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
• Stir until well blended.
• Now add the water to the bowl, followed by the milk.
• Mix again to combine the dry and wet ingredients.
• When there is no lumps, the batter is ready.
• Set it aside.
• Add all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan, one by one.
• Put the sauce pan over medium heat.
• Bring this mixture to a boil, then turn the heat off so it begins to simmer.
• Continue to stir as it simmers and cools.
• Apply a generous amount of cooking oil in each hole of the takoyaki pan (1/4 inch).
• Put the pan over medium-high heat.
• When the cooking oil begins to smoke, carefully pour the batter into each hole filling it halfway.
• Now fill remaining space in the holes with chopped cabbage and spring onions.
• Let the takoyaki balls cook like this until the bottom is crispy, 1-2 minutes.
• Using chopsticks or skewers, carefully turn all the balls 90 degrees so that there is a little space in the holes again.
• Pour more batter into the holes and let this cook again for another minute.
• Turn the balls a little more so that any space left in the balls can be filled in the same way as in the previous steps. This will help make a perfectly round shaped takoyaki balls.
• Once the takoyaki balls are in a ball shape and they're evenly browned on all sides, they are done.
• Remove the balls from the pan as each one finishes.
• Once they're all cooked, place the takoyaki balls on a serving dish and drizzle them with the homemade takoyaki sauce and kewpie mayo then sprinkle a bit of pork floss on top.
• Enjoy!