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Old 02-04-2010, 12:30 PM
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koldolmas are classic here in Sweden - they're the dumplings described up there *points* with a simple minced meat stuffing.

One of my favourites (best with a white cabbage, or similar) is okonomiyaki - which I first had in Kyoto. It's a Japanese cabbage-based pancake, easy to make, and very tasty.

Mix finely sliced cabbage with a grated potato, an egg, maybe some grated onion and a bit of flour, then add in a mix of chicken and prawns (or whatever you like). Chuck in some stock to the mix to liven it up a bit, and I add finaly chopped pickled ginger too, for a wee suprise. Oh, and sometimes some sesame seeds. Should be a bit sticky, not runny at this point.
Plop a big spoonful into a frying pan, then slowly cook it - flatten the top after a while so it cooks evenly.

The final toppings are my favourite bit, but not easy to come by:
If you have it, drizzle on mayonaisse, okonomiyaki sauce (or teryaki sauce) lots of powdered seaweed and bonito fish flakes - they end up waving about on top of the hot pancake which amuses me no end

If you don't have all that stuff, mayonaisse and brown sauce (used sparingly) would be a fair substitute.

Here's what wiki says about okonomiyaki


That said, lightly boiled cabbage with some butter, salt and pepper is very hard to beat
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