Taiyaki (Fish-shaped pancake filled with been jam)

Tomorrow I am helping a Japanese grocery store's 1st anniversary festival which my friend is working.  They are trying to take a Japanese autumn festival (called Aki Matsuri) and having a lot of kinda street stalls, for example, octopus dumplings (called takoyaki), fried soba (called yakisoba), shooting game, coin game and more which are Japanese traditional things.  I am making Taiyaki tomorrow.  Taiyaki is a fish-shaped Japanese pancake and the filling is azuki bean jelly.  It's a kind of traditional Japanese sweets and very popular because not only looks nice but also really tasty!

I have never made Taiyaki so I went to the store and practiced a lot!

This is a Taiyaki pan.

Hooooo!!!!  So cute♡♡

I was so excited to use this pan!  Well, let's practice!!

Taiyaki (Fish-shaped pancake filled with been jam) (6 pieces)

• sugar  40g (☆)
• 2 tsp of baking powder (☆)
• 1 Tbs of corn starch (☆)
• salt (☆)
• flour 140g (☆)
• 1+1/2 eggs
• 1+1/2cup of water or whole milk
• azuki bean jelly

1,  Mix  (☆) and sift it in a bid bowl and add egg and water or milk and mix them very well

2,  Heat a pan until quite hot and put 2 spoon of the batter and put 1 spoon of azuki bean on it and cover a bit of the batter

3,  close the pan and turn upside down immediately and grill for 2〜3 minutes

4,  turn upside down again and grill another side about 2 minutes and open the pan

Hoooo!!! Too cute to eat♡

I practiced a lot so now I can perfect Taiyaki!  (Actually I made over 50 taiyaki this week...)

The festival will be taken in Cambridge.  You must be so excited so please come tomorrow!!

Aki Matsuri

Saturday, 29 September 2012   10am - 7 pm

@Miso market

1963 Massachusetts avenue, Porter square, Cambridge MA, 02140