Midori negiyaki, always greener

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A good lunch : midori negiyaki. Midori means green. Negiyaki is the Osakan hot-plate crepe filled with negi greens, the cousin of okonomiyaki. (Click here for a detailed recipe.)

Of course, a negiyaki is always green. Today, it’s greener, and garnished with an egg. It’s Spring !

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How can it be greener ?
I have added to the batter, the grounds of juicing . Pasted spinach can do the trick too.

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Also, I had a few stalks of spinach that served to volume up the negi. Normally, only the green part of negi is used, but I have kept some of the white and some onion that I stir-fried to decorate the bottom (and flavor it).

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Cooking, adding the egg, covering, flipping…

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Funny how the egg yolk popped up.

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I garnished with Bulldog sauce (Japanese “Worcester”), fish flakes and dry chili.

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First side-dish : hearts of romaine salad with black vinegar dressing.

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Second side-dish : tofu. Yes, there is a dessert (more about it here).

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Oats and egg

A simple savory brunch, very warm.

Oats simmered with carrots, leeks, onion, salt and pepper.

A heated egg (I’ve sunk it in boiled water just the time I chopped the negi). Then the white keeps cooking while you take the photo. Add negi greens, and enjoy :

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The crust is flour, water, a little oil, a little paprika. It’s pre-cooked 15 minutes.

The creamy batter is 1/2 block of silky tofu, mixed with onion, the white parts of negi leeks, a tbs of potato starch, a little olive oil, salt, pepper. Then I added minced negi greens. Baked till golden.

It’s mellow inside, crispy around. Mmmm…

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