Tuesday 15 May 2012

Taiyaki (たい焼き)


Taiyaki (たい焼き) is a Japanese fish shaped pancake which is commonly filled with red bean paste that is made from sweetened azuki beans. But in these day, there are many other fillings such as custard, chocolate, cream cheese or even sausage in it.

As usual the creative and wonder members in Munch Ministry facebook group always bring up interesting kitchen gadgets to share with the rest of the members and just recently, there is a rave in making these cute Taiyaki in the group due to some promotion on the Taiyaki Pan shown above.


TAIYAKI
(たい焼き)


All related Photos and Recipes of Taiyaki are ©Copyright by Ellena Guan of Cuisine Paradise. All rights reserved.

These yummy little treat is actually very easy to make at home if you have a Taiyaki Pan. What you required is to get hold a pack of Pancake Premix plus some Instant Fillings such as Cream Cheese, Nutella, Peanut Butter, Kaya and etc.


(Make: 6 |            Preparation: 3 minutes |             Cooking: 20 minutes)

Ingredients:
150g (1 sachet) Morinaga Pancake Premix
1 Large Egg, 60g
100ml Fresh Milk
1/2 Tablespoon Cornflour
Some Nutella, Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese or etc
1 Taiyaki Pan


Method:-
1. Whisk egg and milk together in a mixing bowl or jug till combined. Add in 1 sachet of Morinaga pancake premix and stir till the mixture resemble cake batter.

2. Lightly brush oil on both inner sides of the Taiyaki pan. Preheat it 30 seconds before ladle a small amount of batter(refer to the step-by-step photo above) to the preheated pan (on one deeper print side).

3. Add your desire fillings such as 1 tablespoon of nutella/peanut. Next pour a little more batter just enough to cover the paste. Close the pan and cook for 1 minute 20 seconds on medium low heat.

4. Flip the pan over, cook for another 1 minute or more, open the pan slight and check the colour of the fish. Careful not to overcook and burn it as they should be golden brown on each side.

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NOTE:-
~ To get a nice evenly golden brown colour for your Taiyaki, the "secret" lies on the heat and timing for cooking the Taiyaki.



All related Photos and Recipes of Taiyaki are ©Copyright by Ellena Guan of Cuisine Paradise. All rights reserved.

Above is my first batch of assorted Taiyaki (たい焼き) made using Morinaga Pancake Premix filled with some of our favourite spread such as Cream Cheese and Nutella . And all these are made in less than 30 minutes where you can prepared a delicious and healthy breakfast or snack for your kids. I am sure nobody will be able to resists a piping hot Taiyaki with crispy outsider layer and soft inner texture with oozing filling in their mouth.

19 comments:

  1. HIE ELENA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. THE TAIYAKI LOOK SO CUTE N YUMMY TO EAT. JUST WANNA TO CHECK WHERE CAN I GET THIS GADGET AND HOW MUCH IT COST?

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    1. Hi Bee Chin,

      There is a rave on this products some weeks back where you can get it from either Giant, John Little, Isetan, Best and etc. But now it seems to be out of stock due to the overwhelm respond lolz. It cost $19.90 per box of 1 pan.

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  2. Hi there,

    I wonder is it's taste same as the 鸡蛋糕 where we can get in Shilin night market? Coz my boy love the 鸡蛋糕very much..
    Thanks!

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    1. Hi Ailing, Errr not really like 鸡蛋糕 but more like McDonald pancake texture :)

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  3. Cool fish shaped pancake making pan! Hoping to find a pan like that. Looks enticingly delicious. =)

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  4. Hi Ellena, wonder why u add the cornflour ... what's it for? Cheers, LibbyatSG, aka Kelly

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    1. Hi Kelly, adding of cornflour makes the outer skin firm and crispy :)

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  5. Hello! Can I check when was the munch ministry order for the pan? Still ongoing? I didn't see it.. Checked out gmarket but they only have dual fish pans. I would prefer single pan.

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    1. Munch Ministry did not organise any spree on this. Most of them get it from department store such as Isetan, Giant, Best, John Little. Actually double pan is better cos you can do 2 at a time :)

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  6. I love Taiyaki! We go to this Taiyaki shop near my house but they serve like 1.5 inch size mini Taiyaki that has several fillings (anko, nutella, chocolate, vanilla, etc). I didn't know there are Taiyaki Pan! That is one cool gadget to have at home!

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    1. Yup I have heard so many good reviews about Taiyaki in Japanese. One day I must go and try all the flavour there :) Which is your favourite? Sweet or savory?

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  7. I remember watching a pokemon episode where Ash was eating one of these in a carnival. Even in the anime it looked so good that I ran to my mom asking her to make me some XD but needless to say she didn't have any idea how to make them...This just brought back so many great memories thanks so much!!!

    Nancy

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  8. Ellena, fantastic cakes. Love them!

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  9. This look cute and must be good too!

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  10. Wow this mould sure makes some very pretty Japanese pancake!

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  11. Fantastic!Where can i get the mixture locally in singapore?

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  12. Hi Ellena,

    Any tip to get that nice even brown tone? I always end up burnt even though i kept flipping ....

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  13. Thanks Ellena for yet another great recipe. My kid says YUMMY!

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