Wife has been making some okonomiyaki recently. It's good, very similar to the ones you buy at stores. However, everytime she tried adding more filings like shrimp, the cake couldn't maintain its shape and fell apart when cooked. She has tried everything, whole small shrimp, larger shrimp cut into several pieces, chopped and diced, reducing the amount of shrimp, but nothing has worked so far. Any tips?
I read that some recipe add grated yam to the batter mix. Is that the secret?
by system_chronos
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Whenever my wife makes it without yamaimo, it’s not as “fluffy”. I can’t even say how much my wife uses because I just buy a piece that is about 160 yen at the market and it is enough.
Also, I can’t tell but are you using pork belly as well? It kinda helps keep everything together if on one side there are a few pieces to form a base.