Dorayaki
When I was a little girl, I want to eat dorayaki so much that I begged my mom to find it for me. At the time, I was a big fan of the comic Doraemon. And Dorayaki is Doraemon’s favorite food! The comic’s translated from Japanese, of course. I love Doraemon, the cute little robotic cat that doesn’t look like a cat because its ears got eaten by mice, hence it explains Doraemon’s eternal fear for rodents.
Anyway, about Dorayaki, it looked absolutely delicious in the comic book - i used to imagine how it’d taste like. Little did i know that dorayaki’s actually made out of two pancakes sandwiching red adzuki bean paste (or just simply red bean paste). Red bean paste is used in both Chinese and Japanese cuisine for desserts, mostly.
It’s been years since I craved dorayaki after I knew what it’s made of. I could roughly imagine how it’d taste like. I like red bean paste, I have had them in Chinese pancakes, mooncakes and such. But with pancakes? I rather stick to my maple syrup and butter :)
Here’s a simple recipe of Dorayaki from About.com:
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 cup flour
* 2/3 cup sugar
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 3 tbsps water
* 3 eggs
* 3/4 pound anko (sweet azuki beans)
* *vegetable oil for frying
PREPARATION:
Put eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk very well. Dissolve baking soda in water. Add the water in the egg mixture. Add sifted flour in the egg mixture gradually. Heat a frying pan and lightly oil it. Pour a scoop of the batter in the pan and make a small pancake (*about 4 inches in diameter.).
Turn over when bubbles appear on the surface. Repeat this process to make 8-10 pancakes. Cool the pancakes. Make pairs of pancakes and put a scoop of sweet red bean paste (also called anko red bean) between them like a sandwich.
*Makes 4 servings.
Well, I think I am gonna try this out and see how it goes. First, I’ll need to make my own red bean paste. If any of your have tried them out, do let me know how they’re turn out. :)
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