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thumb|thumbtime=20|Takoyaki being made in Osaka, 2022 Takoyaki ( or ) is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour–based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (), tempura scraps (), pickled ginger (), and green onion (). The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver () and shavings of dried bonito ().

Key facts

Food.name
Takoyaki
Food.image
Takoyaki.jpg
Food.image_size
230px
Food.caption
A "boat" of takoyaki
Food.country
Japan
Food.region
Osaka
Food.course
Snack
Food.main_ingredient
Batter, octopus, tempura scraps (), pickled ginger, green onion, takoyaki sauce (with mayonnaise), green laver ()

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
dish
Country of origin
Japan
Material used
Octopoda
Image
電気式たこ焼き器.jpg
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hashtag
takoyaki
Commons category
Takoyaki
Commons gallery
たこ焼き
time of discovery or invention
1935-00-00
influenced by
akashiyaki
indigenous to
Osaka
native label
蛸焼
different from
taiyaki
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Takoyaki pan
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  • See also
  • References
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thumb|thumbtime=20|Takoyaki being made in Osaka, 2022 Takoyaki ( or ) is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour–based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus (), tempura scraps (), pickled ginger (), and green onion (). The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver () and shavings of dried bonito ().

, meaning 'to grill', is one of the cooking methods in Japanese cuisine and can be found in the names of other dishes in Japanese cuisine such as {{ and (other famous Osakan dishes). Typically, it is eaten as a snack or between meals, but in some areas it is served as a side dish with rice. It is an example of ( in the Kansai dialect), or flour-based Japanese cuisine.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “takoyaki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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