Kale Okonomiyaki

Name: Kale Okonomiyaki
Yield: 2 to 3 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100-150 g Kale Leaves *thinly sliced; *Note: Add as much as you like if you can combine with the batter; 1 Carrot *shredded or sliced to thin strips; 1 cups Plain Flour OR Self-Raising Flour; 1 cups Water; 2 Eggs; 1 pinch Salt; 1/4 teaspoon Dashi Power *optional; 100 g Thinly Sliced Pork Belly; Okonomiyaki Sauce; Japanese Mayonnaise; Katsuobushi *optional; Aonori *optional; Benishoga (red pickled ginger) *optional

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

It was last year's Easter holidays when I sowed the seeds of Kale in my veggie garden. It’s been more than 10 months, we are still harvesting them. I was running out of the ideas how to cook them.

Then I thought of making ‘Okonomiyaki’ using Kale. You know Kale smells like cabbage. It should work… then the result was brilliant! If your children don’t like Kale, try this ‘Kale Okonomiyaki’. They will love it! You really can’t taste Kale, but you will benefit the full goodness of Kale!

It was last year's Easter holidays when I sowed the seeds of Kale in my veggie garden. It’s been more than 10 months, we are still harvesting them. I was running out of the ideas how to cook them.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

It was last year's Easter holidays when I sowed the seeds of Kale in my veggie garden. It’s been more than 10 months, we are still harvesting them. I was running out of the ideas how to cook them.

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Ingredients

2 to 3 servings

100-150 gKale Leaves *thinly sliced
*Note: Add as much as you like if you can combine with the batter
1Carrot *shredded or sliced to thin strips
1 cupsPlain Flour OR Self-Raising Flour
1 cupsWater
2Eggs
1 pinchSalt
1/4 teaspoonDashi Power *optional
100 gThinly Sliced Pork Belly
Topping
Okonomiyaki Sauce
Japanese Mayonnaise
Katsuobushi *optional
Aonori *optional
Benishoga (red pickled ginger) *optional

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Steps

1

Make the batter by mixing the Flour, Water, Eggs, Salt and Dashi Powder.
2

Add thinly sliced Kale leaves and Carrot to the batter and mix it well.
3

Oil a barbecue hotplate or a frying pan and cook pork on both sides.
4

Pour the Kale batter mixture over the pork pieces to form a pancake. When the edge of the pancake has set, flip it over and heat for another 2-3 minutes, or until the batter has cooked through. You may turn the pancakes over a few times while cooking.
5

Place the pancake on a plate with the pork on the top. Dress with Okonomiyaki Sauce and Japanese Mayonnaise, and sprinkle with Katsuobushi and Aonori. Benishooga (pickled ginger) also goes well with Okonomiyaki.