Japanese vegetable pancakes

Japanese vegetable pancakes

Why not try this speedy veggie supper, under 400 calories and packed with flavour?

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 25 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. Mix the flour, egg yolks and milk to a smooth batter and season well. Whisk the whites to soft peaks and fold into the batter. Stir in the veg.
  2. Heat a non-stick pan and spray with a tiny bit of oil. Drop in spoonfuls of the mix to make small pancakes, a few at a time, and cook until they start to bubble on top, about 5 minutes. Keep the heat about medium so the potato can cook through. Flip over and cook for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with spring onion and chilli.
  3. Mix the dipping sauce ingredients and serve with the pancakes.

Per serving

320 kcalories, protein 14.5g, carbohydrate 42.1g, fat 11.6 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 4.0g, salt 1.96 g

Recipe from olive magazine, July 2009.

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  • 26 June 2009

    khitajrah rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    These were not very nice at all. They were quite flavourless and not worth the effort making them.

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  • 09 July 2009

    Ella Roberta Noyes commented on this recipe

    We have hae this meal twice and enjoyed it. It is easy to make and my husband, who likes flavourful food, asked for it again. I lost the recipe and had to e-mail Olive to get it again so a thumbs up from us.

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  • 13 July 2009

    CloClo rated this recipe

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  • 16 July 2010

    Jenna commented on this recipe

    the japanese name is okonomiyaki

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  • 07 October 2010

    astroboy rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I initially thought I didn't make enough batter even after measuring things out correctly, but it all works fine! Mind you if you have a very large sweet potato you may need to make a bit more. Also, in regards to flavour, don't worry too much on the previous post, it has plenty although I can understand those used to strong asian recipes may disagree.

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  • 02 November 2010

    SAB77 commented on this recipe

    This indeed looks like Okonomiyaki, although that is served with Okomiyaki sause (a thick worcestershire-type sauce), Japanese mayonaise, ao nori (dried seaweed) and bonito flakes, which makes it very tasteful! I usually mix in chopped shrimps and fish balls (Asian shop) in the batter.

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  • 07 December 2010

    Jasminebro rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Pancakes were ok, but I found the sauce really sticky and cloying - sure the 1 tablespoon of tomato puree must be a mistake? I had to throw mine away and eat them with Thai sweet chilli sauce - and I never ever throw food away! Would make again but add chopped chillis to the pancake, and make a lighter vinegar and chilli sauce to go with it.

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  • 01 March 2011

    avrile14 commented on this recipe

    I added finely chopped baby spinach, chilli and sweet corn instead of sweet potato and beansprouts as the boyfriend wasn't too keen on sweet potato; and water instead of milk. The second time round, I added a handful of chopped cooked prawn which improved the flavour. Didn't bother making the sauce and we ate it with sweet chilli mayo.

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  • 25 May 2011

    frozenpixie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made these a few times sans dipping-sauce, and I can't understand why some of the ratings are so low, unless it's because they don't have a very 'oriental' flavour. I thought they were an easy, tasty and filling supper, and a great way to use up left over veg - I used finely sliced courgette, mushroom and shallot, which worked very nicely. Definitely something I'd make again.

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  • 03 June 2011

    Rebecca commented on this recipe

    These were great! My mum keeps on making them over and over again and we're still not bored :)

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  • 18 June 2011

    Xander rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made these last night. i suggest adding another egg to help them to bind better. Use a mix of green & red chillies to help with flavour and add lots of cracked black pepper. Also, when frying only put small thinnish layers into the pan and use a little bit extra oil. we had ours with chilli rice and mango chutney - yum! yum!

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  • 30 June 2011

    Josephine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    we're vegetarians in my family ! and we loved them, the oringal recipe is great, simple and tasty. i ate them plain with soy sauce and it was great ! i recomend them.

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  • 11 July 2011

    Karolinka rated this recipe

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  • 17 August 2011

    tseri26 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Will definitely make this again. As advised by previous comments, I put courgette instead of beansprouts and also added cooked prawns to add more taste to it.

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  • 18 August 2011

    Helen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this meal for my husband and he really enjoyed it. Didn't bother with the sauce as didn't have all the ingredients in the cupboard! Mine look a bit more 'pancakey' than the photo but tasted very good. Reminded us of our trips to Asia.....

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  • 04 September 2011

    carl2990 commented on this recipe

    nice and easy! can throw in any veg you want, the dipping sauce is what makes them though

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  • 04 September 2011

    carl2990 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    nice and easy! can throw in any veg you want, the dipping sauce is what makes them though

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  • 08 September 2011

    Website Marketing commented on this recipe

    This is a modified version of an Okonomiyaki - a mouthwatering Japanese cabbage and ginger pancake. Google it - it will be a thousand times better than this one and it's really easy, stores well for lunches, is cheap, quick and AWESOME.

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  • 13 October 2011

    enigma rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Looks interesting but actually uninspiring and boring for me personally. Hated it, put them in the bin. Real shame.

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  • 17 January 2012

    bielka rated this recipe

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 25 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Ingredients

DIPPING SAUCE

  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 red chilli , cut into thin slices (keep some to decorate)
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
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Per serving

320 kcalories, protein 14.5g, carbohydrate 42.1g, fat 11.6 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 4.0g, salt 1.96 g

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