While I hear people in the Kansai region make okonomiyaki on a regular basis, I only make it when I happen to have all the ingredients on hand. As such, I only use okonomiyaki sauce very occasionally. It seems a waste to buy the sauce because I won't use it all up, and Japanese Worcestershire sauce just doesn't work. In the country where I live, okonomiyaki sauce is a luxury item, so all-in-all it makes sense for me to make my own!Adjust the amount of maple syrup or honey to make it more or less sweet. I don't like it too sweet, so the listed quantities are for sauce that's on the savory side. The oyster sauce is what makes this recipe. Recipe by moritaya

The thing is that I actually used up all my okonomiyaki sauce on crab omelettes. I was trying to make ankake sauce from scratch but messed up twice, so gave up and resorted to using okonomiyaki sauce instead but then I had none left for okonomiyaki.This will not be as thick as store-bought. Recipe by Shiori

Since I want to be able eat okonomiyaki and takoyaki whenever I want, I make this sauce each time.Even if you don't have any vegetable soup or vegetable juice, you can still make this recipe. Whenever I make stew, before I add the flavourings, I put aside some soup for okonomiyaki sauce.Since vegetable soup is quite sweet, you can reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe. Recipe by nergis

Once when I made okonomiyaki and was just about to eat it, I found that I didn't have any okonomiyaki sauce (>_<) I adjusted these ingredients to make my own custom-made okonomiyaki sauce (*^^*)♪Mix it really well ♪ Recipe by Pagurabu

Okonomiyaki sauce is expensive outside Japan, so I whipped up my own version, and it worked! Now that I can make my own, I've been making okonomiyaki more often.Depending on the brand, the sweetness and saltiness vary, so try starting out with a 1:1:1 ratio.ABC Sauce is a thick and sweet soy-sauce-based sauce available in Indonesia. If unavailable, use oyster sauce. Recipe by vegecat

In my yaki-udon (fried rice noodle) recipe, I recommended using Otafuku brand okonomiyaki sauce, but since it may not be available to most of you, I came up with this recipe. (My homemade sauce has fruit purée in it, but this one is made from simple ingredients and tastes just like Otafuku's.)Carefully measure the ingredients in the amounts listed and mix well!(Recipe by *ai*)

This is my tweaked version of the tasty Japanese condiment that's usually paired with the savory pancake that is ever so popular in Japan. My husband calls it "Japanese ketchup". Lol.

Buying Otafuku sauce (a popular brand of okonomiyaku sauce) is expensive when living overseas, so I make okonomiyaki sauce myself.This sauce is a bit sweet, so for those of you who don't like that, reduce the amount of honey.If you add too much oyster sauce, then it will turn out different from the intended okonomiyaki/takoyaki sauce, so make sure not to add too much. For 1 large okonomiyaki, or 2 small. Recipe by noritarou

Making tasty Japanese style condiment in simple 1 step!

Okonomiyaki and takoyaki are really fun and easy to make but don't you find that they're a bit plain if you don't cover them in the special sauce (Which happens to be really expensive)?With this recipe you can make the sauce really quickly and it tastes better than anything store-bought! In fact, I think you can make this sauce for less than 1/3 the shop price.This mixture should be 3 parts Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce to 1 part mentsuyu.My family like quite a sweet sauce so we add sugar.And my daughter loves adding ketchup.You can have lots of fun coming up with your own flavour. Using this recipe, I haven't had to buy sauce in around 10 years!! Recipe by Nozomikki-

Really yummy & sweet. I perfected it a while before I was able to get the taste right. Goes well on other things besides takoyaki.

I didn't have any okonomiyaki sauce at home...When I made it myself, it was a great hit with my husband!I haven't bought any since!!Nothing in particular!Everyone in my house likes spicy sauce, so I recommend adding lots of ichimi! Recipe by *tomiko*